
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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In 1970, there were 600,000 cases of a disease reported in Country X. By 2000, this number had decreased to 600 cases. Assuming a linear decrease until 1990 after which a new vaccine reduced the rate of decrease by half, how many cases of the disease would have been reported in 1995?

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