
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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Each day, a sweet-tooth buys one more candy than the previous day. In one week, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, they bought a total of 504 candies. How many candies did they buy in total on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the same week?

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