
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 football is kicked from the ground, and its height $y$ (in meters) above the ground can be described by the quadratic function $y = -4.9x^2 + 19.6x$, where $x$ (in seconds) represents the time elapsed since the football was kicked. The time it takes for the football to reach its highest point after being kicked is ____ seconds.

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