
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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Given a sequence where each term is either 1 or 2, starting with 1, and where between the \(k\)-th 1 and the \((k+1)\)-th 1 there are \(2^{k-1}\) 2's (i.e., the sequence is 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, ...), determine the sum of the first 1998 terms of this sequence.

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