
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]

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# Your action step 2

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Taxi driver Xiao Li started from point $A$ one afternoon and operated on National Day Road, which runs east-west. If east is defined as positive and west as negative, the afternoon's driving distances were as follows (unit: $km$):<br/>$+8$,$-9$,$+6$,$-12$,$-6$,$+15$,$-11$,$+3$.<br/>$(1)$ When Xiao Li drops off the last passenger at the destination, where is Xiao Li in relation to the starting point? How far is Xiao Li from the starting point?<br/>$(2)$ What is the farthest distance in $km$ the taxi is from the starting point?<br/>$(3)$ If the taxi consumes $0.15L$ of fuel per $km$, how much fuel is consumed in total this afternoon?

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