
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 ball rolls down an incline, traveling 8 inches in the first second and accelerating such that during each successive 1-second time interval, it travels 5 inches more than during the previous 1-second interval. The ball takes 20 seconds to reach the end of the incline.

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