
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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Xiao Ming participated in the "Inheriting Classics, Building the Future" themed speech competition. His scores for speech image, speech content, and speech effect were 9, 8, and 9 respectively. If the scores for speech image, speech content, and speech effect are determined in a ratio of 2:5:3 to calculate the final score, then Xiao Ming's final competition score is ______ points.

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