
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 shape is formed by joining eight unit cubes where one cube is at the center entirely surrounded by the other seven cubes, each on a different face of the central cube except the bottom face. Calculate the ratio of the volume in cubic units to the surface area in square units.

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