
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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Hexadecimal numbers use numeric digits $0$ to $9$ and letters $A$ to $F$ to represent values $10$ to $15$. Among the first $2000$ positive integers, how many are represented in hexadecimal using only numeric digits? What is the sum of the digits of this count?
A) 22
B) 24
C) 25
D) 26
E) 27

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