
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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During this year's National Day holiday, the consumption potential of cultural and tourism activities in China was greatly unleashed. The number of domestic tourists was 8.26 billion. Expressing 8.26 billion in scientific notation is ______.

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