
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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Maryam has a fair tetrahedral die, with the four faces of the die labeled 1 through 4.  At each step, she rolls the die and records which number is on the bottom face.  She stops when the current number is greater than or equal to the previous number. (In particular, she takes at least two steps.)  What is the expected number (average number) of steps that she takes?

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