
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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As Rachel traveled to school, she noticed that at each bus stop, one passenger got off and \(x\) passengers got on, where \(x \geq 2\). After five stops, the number of passengers on the bus was \(x\) times the number of passengers before the first stop. How many passengers were on the bus before the first stop?

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