
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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Given a number line on a piece of paper, folding the paper causes the point representing $-2$ on the number line to coincide with the point representing $8$. If the distance between points $A$ and $B$ on the number line is $2024$ (with $A$ to the left of $B$), and after folding using the above method, points $A$ and $B$ coincide, then the number represented by point $A$ is ______.

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