
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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Suppose  $a,b$  are positive real numbers such that  $a+a^2 = 1$  and  $b^2+b^4=1$ .  Compute  $a^2+b^2$ .

*Proposed by Thomas Lam*

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