
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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Xiao Ming participated in the themed speech contest "Celebrating the 20th Birthday, Pursuing Dreams in Youth". He scored $9$ points in speech image, $8$ points in content, and $8$ points in effectiveness. If the scores of the three items are weighted by $30\%$, $40\%$, and $30\%$ respectively to determine the final score, then Xiao Ming's final competition score is ______ points.

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