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Count the number of a's within  Abstruse?
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<thinking>Let's approach this step-by-step:
Let us proceed through this methodically (CoT):

Step 1: How do we understand the challenge prompting me to do?
Calculate the amount of letter "a" in the text "Abstruse"

Step 2: Dissect the word.
A-B-S-T-R-U-S-E


1. A
2. B
3. S
4. T
5. R
6. U
7. S
8. E

Step 3: Locate the positions of the letter "a".
The letter "a" appears at the 1st position in the word.

Step 4: Enumerate the letters.
A: 1, E: 1, R: 1, T: 1, U: 1, S: 2, B: 1

Step 5: Examine the letters we summed up.
The chosen letter was "a" and there we found 1 in total.

Final answer:
The letter "a" is present 1 time in "Abstruse", at the 1st position.</thinking>
<reflection>
Word: Abstruse
Target letter: a
Answer: 1</reflection>
<output>The letter "a" appears 1 time in "Abstruse". It occurs at the 1st position.</output>