
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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On Arbor Day, 20 students in a class planted trees along one side of a straight road, with each person planting one tree, and the distance between two adjacent trees being 10 meters. Initially, it is required to place all the saplings next to one of the tree pits so that the total distance traveled back and forth by each student from their respective tree pits to collect the saplings is minimized. The minimum value of this total distance is (meters).

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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