
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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The initial stage of a pattern consists of 6 toothpicks, and at each successive stage, five more toothpicks are added to the previous arrangement. How many toothpicks in total are necessary to create the arrangement up to the 150th stage?

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