
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 education department requires middle school students to have a sleep time of $9$ hours per day. If the sleep time exceeds $9$ hours, it is recorded as a positive number, and if it is less than $9$ hours, it is recorded as a negative number. If Xiao Ming's sleep time on a certain day is recorded as $+0.4$ hours, then Xiao Ming's actual sleep time is ____ hours.

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