
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 fair six-sided die with uniform quality is rolled twice in succession. Let $a$ and $b$ denote the respective outcomes. Find the probability that the function $f(x) = \frac{1}{3}x^3 + \frac{1}{2}ax^2 + bx$ has an extreme value.

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