
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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Rectangle ABCD has an area of 48 square meters. Point E is located one-third of the way down side AD from A, and point G is located one-third of the way up side CD from D. If points F and H are similarly positioned on sides BC and AB, respectively, forming quadrilateral EFGH, calculate the area of EFGH in square meters.

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