
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 rubber band is 4 inches long. An ant begins at the left end. Every minute, the ant walks one inch rightwards along the rubber band, but then the band is stretched uniformly by one inch. For what value of \( n \) will the ant reach the right end during the \( n \)-th minute?

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