
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Calculate the sum $\sum_{i=1}^{n} i \binom{n}{i} = C_n^1 + 2C_n^2 + 3C_n^3 + \cdots + nC_n^n$. One possible method is as follows:

Construct the equation $(1+x)^n = C_n^0 + C_n^1x + C_n^2x^2 + \cdots + C_n^nx^n$. Differentiate both sides with respect to $x$ to obtain $C_n^1 + 2C_n^2x + 3C_n^3x^2 + \cdots + nC_n^nx^{n-1} = n(1+x)^{n-1}$.

Substitute $x = 1$ into the above equation to get $C_n^1 + 2C_n^2 + 3C_n^3 + \cdots + nC_n^n = n \cdot 2^{n-1}$. Analogous to the above computation method, compute $C_n^1 + 2^2C_n^2 + 3^2C_n^3 + \cdots + n^2C_n^n = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$.

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