
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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Terry drove along a scenic road using  $9$  gallons of gasoline.  Then Terry went onto the freeway and used  $17$  gallons of gasoline.  Assuming that Terry gets  $6.5$  miles per gallon better gas mileage on the freeway than on the scenic road, and Terry’s average gas mileage for the entire trip was  $30$  miles per gallon, find the number of miles Terry drove.

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