
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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The speed of light is $300000$ kilometers per second, and it travels for $10$ seconds. Express the distance traveled by light in scientific notation as $a \times 10^{n}$ kilometers, and determine the value of $n$.

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