
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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The class 7(1) plans to distribute notebooks as awards to several outstanding students. If each outstanding student receives 3 notebooks, there will be 1 notebook left. If each outstanding student receives 4 notebooks, there will be 2 notebooks short. How many notebooks are there in total? If we let the total number of notebooks be $x$, what equation can be formed?

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