
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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Maria has six test scores: 84, 76, 90, 97, 85, and 88. To calculate her average score, she plans to drop the lowest score. What is Maria's adjusted arithmetic mean after dropping the lowest score?

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