
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 laboratory is 12 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 6 meters high. To paint the ceiling and four walls of the laboratory, excluding the area of doors, windows, and the blackboard which is 28.4 square meters, what is the painting area? If 0.2 kilograms of paint are used per square meter, how many kilograms of paint are needed to paint the laboratory?

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