
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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If "*" represents an operation that satisfies the following relationships:
1. \( 1 * 1 = 1 \);
2. \( (n+1) * 1 = 3 \times (n * 1) \),

then \( 5 * 1 - 2 * 1 = \, \quad? \)

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