
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 U.S. harvests about 8.5 million tons of pears each year. Of the total, $30\%$ is used for export, with $60\%$ of the remainder processed into pear juice and the other $40\%$ sold fresh. Calculate how many million tons of pears are processed into pear juice. Express your answer as a decimal to the nearest tenth.

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