
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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A highway maintenance team travels along an east-west highway for inspection and maintenance. If it is agreed that east is positive and west is negative, the day's travel records are as follows (unit: kilometers): $-9$, $+7$, $-3$, $-6$, $-8$, $+5$.
$(1)$ In which direction and how far away from the starting point did the maintenance team finally arrive?
$(2)$ If the car consumes $0.1$ liters per kilometer, how much fuel is consumed in total for this maintenance?

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