
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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The first three stages of a pattern are shown below, where each line segment represents a matchstick. If the pattern continues such that at each successive stage, four matchsticks are added to the previous arrangement, how many matchsticks are necessary to create the arrangement for the 100th stage?

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