
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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There are 12 students in Mr. DoBa's math class. On the final exam, the average score of the top 3 students was 8 more than the average score of the other students, and the average score of the entire class was 85. Compute the average score of the top  $3$  students.

*Proposed by Yifan Kang*

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