
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 $a_{10} = 30$ and $a_{20} = 50$.

(1) Find the general term of the sequence.
(2) Let $b\_n = \frac{4}{(a\_n - 10)(a\_n - 8)}$. 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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