
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 that 100 adult cats, half of whom were female, were brought into the Smallville Animal Shelter, and half of the adult female cats were accompanied by a litter of kittens with an average number of kittens per litter of 4, determine the total number of cats and kittens received by the shelter.

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