
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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A pizza has a diameter of 18 inches. Nine pepperoni circles fit exactly across its diameter. If 36 circles of pepperoni are placed on this pizza without overlap, what fraction of the pizza is covered by pepperoni?
A) $\frac{1}{3}$
B) $\frac{2}{5}$
C) $\frac{2}{3}$
D) $\frac{4}{9}$
E) $\frac{5}{9}$

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