
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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An assortment of 150 pencils is sold through a catalog for $\$15.00$. Shipping is an additional $\$7.50$. If a discount of $\$1.50$ is applied to the total purchase for buying in bulk, what is the average cost, in cents, for each pencil? Express your answer rounded to the nearest whole number.

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