
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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China is a country with severe water shortages, and everyone should cherish water resources and save water. According to tests, a loosely twisted faucet will drip $2$ drops of water per second, with each drop being approximately $0.05mL$. When Xiao Qiang was washing his hands, he did not tighten the faucet. After leaving for $x$ minutes, the faucet dripped $y mL$ of water.  
$(1)$ Write the functional relationship between $y$ and $x$;  
$(2)$ When $300mL$ of water has dripped, how many minutes has Xiao Qiang left the faucet running?

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