
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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To create a civilized city, a patrol officer patrols on a motorcycle on an east-west avenue. One day, he departed from the guard post and stayed at point $A$ in the evening. The travel records for that day are as follows (unit: kilometers): +10, -8, +6, -13, +7, -12, +3, -3.
1. Where is point $A$ relative to the guard post? Calculate and explain how far point $A$ is from the guard post.
2. There is a gas station 6 kilometers east of the guard post. The patrol officer passed the gas station ______ times during the patrol.
3. If the motorcycle consumes 0.05 liters of fuel per kilometer, how much fuel did the motorcycle consume during the patrol that day?

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