
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 $16$-inch diameter pizza is arranged with pepperoni slices such that eight slices fit exactly across its diameter. If a total of $32$ circles of pepperoni are arranged on this pizza with each overlapping the next by $25\%$ of their diameter, what fraction of the pizza is covered by pepperoni?
A) $\frac{1}{4}$ B) $\frac{1}{3}$ C) $\frac{3}{8}$ D) $\frac{1}{2}$ E) $\frac{2}{3}$

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