
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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Two players, \(A\) and \(B\), play rock-paper-scissors continuously until player \(A\) wins 2 consecutive games. Suppose each player is equally likely to use each hand sign in every game. What is the expected number of games they will play?

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