
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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Jason borrowed money from his parents to purchase a set of professional drawing tools. They agreed to let him repay by helping with chores, where his first hour of work is worth $\$1$, increasing by $\$1$ each hour until the ninth hour. Then, the pattern repeats every ninth hour. If Jason works for 27 total hours, how much did he borrow?

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