
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 non-negative difference between two numbers a and b is a-b or b-a, whichever is greater than or equal to 0. In the sequence 88, 24, 64, 40, 24, …, each number after the second is obtained by finding the non-negative difference between the previous 2 numbers. Find the sum of the first 100 numbers in this sequence.

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