
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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Let the set \( M = \{1, 2, \cdots, 1000\} \). For any non-empty subset \( X \) of \( M \), let \( a_X \) denote the sum of the maximum and minimum numbers in \( X \). What is the arithmetic mean of all such values \( a_X \)?

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