
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 the coordinate plane, a rectangle is drawn with vertices at $(34,0),(41,0),(34,9),(41,9)$. Find the smallest value of the parameter $a$ for which the line $y=ax$ divides this rectangle into two parts such that the area of one part is twice the area of the other. If the answer is not an integer, write it as a decimal fraction.

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