
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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Given 996 jin of cotton is to be distributed among 8 children as travel expenses, starting from the first child, each subsequent child receives 17 more jin than the previous one up to the eighth child, calculate the amount of cotton received by the eighth child.

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