
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 certain express delivery company in the city charges as follows: to send an item weighing no more than $2$ kilograms costs $10$ yuan; for the part exceeding $2$ kilograms, an additional charge of $2$ yuan per kilogram is applied. If Xiaoming sends an item weighing $x$ kilograms within the city, where $x \gt 2$, then he needs to pay ______ yuan (expressed as an algebraic expression involving $x$).

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