
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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Given the arithmetic sequence $\{a\_n\}$, where $a\_3 = 8$ and $a\_6 = 17$.

1. Find $a\_1$ and $d$.
2. Let $b\_n = a\_n + 2^{n-1}$. Find the sum of the first $n$ terms of the sequence $\{b\_n\}$, denoted as $S\_n$.

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