
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 her garden, Caroline arranged four rows of three $8$-feet by $3$-feet flower beds. The beds are separated and surrounded by walkways that are $2$ feet wide between the beds and around the outer perimeter. Calculate the total area of the walkways, in square feet.
A) 364 square feet  
B) 416 square feet  
C) 528 square feet  
D) 616 square feet  
E) 704 square feet

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