
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 operates an hourly service to an island, starting from 9 AM and concluding with its final trip at 5 PM. On the 9 AM trip, there are 120 tourists on the ferry boat. For each subsequent trip, the number of tourists decreases by 2 from the previous trip. Determine the total number of tourists transported by the ferry to the island that day.
A) 986
B) 1008
C) 1024
D) 1056
E) 1100

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