
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 students of the school went on a field trip on six buses. The buses did not necessarily have an equal number of students, but on average there were 28 students per bus. When the first bus reached its destination, the average number of students in the remaining buses became 26. How many students were in the first bus?

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