
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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Suppose the variance of $k\_1$, $k\_2$, $...$, $k\_8$ is $3$, then the variance of $2(k\_1-3)$, $2(k\_2-3)$, $...$, $2(k\_8-3)$ is \_\_\_\_\_\_ $(.$ (Reference formula $s^{2}= \dfrac {1}{n} \sum\limits\_{i=1}^{n}(x\_{i}- \overset{ .}{x})^{2})$

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