
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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In the staircase-shaped region below, all angles that look like right angles are right angles, and each of the twelve congruent sides marked with a tick mark has length 1 foot. If the region has an area of 72 square feet, what is the number of feet in the perimeter of the region?
[Diagram similar to the original but adjusted for a 10 ft base rectangle and an additional four 1 ft by 1 ft squares along the staircase.]

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