
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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One day, a special patrol officer rode a motorcycle on an east-west avenue for patrol. He set off from the guard post and stopped at point $A$ at a certain moment. It is defined that the guard post is the origin, and the eastward direction is positive. The travel records during this period are as follows (unit: kilometers): $+2$, $-3$, $+5$, $-4$, $+6$, $-2$, $+4$, $-2$.
$(1)$ In which direction is point $A$ from the guard post? How far is point $A$ from the guard post?
$(2)$ If the motorcycle consumes $0.8$ liters of fuel for every $10$ kilometers traveled, how much fuel is consumed in total for the entire journey?

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