
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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In order to effectively control the problem of students littering after school, Teacher Wu patrols on a road next to the school that runs east-west. If it is defined that east is positive and west is negative, Teacher Wu starts from the school and walks the following distances: $+620$ meters, $-580$ meters, $+450$ meters, $+650$ meters, $-520$ meters, $-480$ meters, $-660$ meters, $+550$ meters.<br/>$(1)$ At this point, the principal needs to find Teacher Wu, how should Teacher Wu describe his location to the principal?<br/>$(2)$ Teacher Wu likes to record his walking steps on WeChat exercise tracker (2 steps/meter). If Teacher Wu needs to return to the school immediately, how many steps will the WeChat exercise tracker show when he arrives at the school?

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