
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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A beetle starts from point A and crawls back and forth 8 times. If moving to the right is considered positive and moving to the left is considered negative, the records of these 8 crawls are as follows (unit: cm)  
+10, -9, +8, -6, +7.5, -6, +8, -7.  
(1) How far is the stopping position from point A? In which direction from point A?  
(2) If it takes 2 seconds per centimeter, how many seconds are used in total?

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