
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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Write the four numbers \(1, 9, 8, 8\) in a row and perform the following operation: for each pair of adjacent numbers, subtract the left number from the right number, then write the difference between these two numbers in between them. This completes one operation. Then, perform the same operation on the new series of 7 numbers. Continue doing this a total of 100 times. Find the sum of the numbers in the final row.

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