
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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A truck moves down a ramp, traveling 8 inches in the first second, and accelerates such that each successive 1-second interval covers 9 inches more than the previous second. The truck takes 40 seconds to reach the end of the ramp. Calculate the total distance traveled by the truck in inches.

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