
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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The  $42$  points  $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_{42}$  lie on a straight line, in that order, so that the distance between  $P_n$  and  $P_{n+1}$  is  $\frac{1}{n}$  for all  $1\leq n\leq41$ . What is the sum of the distances between every pair of these points? (Each pair of points is counted only once.)

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