
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 colony of bacteria doubles every hour. Starting with one bacterium, calculate the number of bacteria after 10 hours if the colony continues to grow at this rate.

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