
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 ferry boat shuttles tourists to a scenic island starting from 9 AM and its last trip starts at 5 PM, running every hour. On the first trip of the day at 9 AM, there were 90 tourists on board. With each consecutive trip, the ferry had 2 fewer tourists than the previous one. How many tourists did the ferry take to the island on this particular day?
A) 702
B) 720
C) 738
D) 756
E) 774

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