
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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Carl is planning to enclose a rectangular playground with a fence. He bought 24 fence posts, placing one at each of the four corners, and distributed the remaining posts evenly along the edges, with exactly 3 yards between neighboring posts. The longer side of the playground, including corners, has twice the number of posts as the shorter side, including corners. Calculate the area, in square yards, of Carl’s playground.
A) 300 square yards
B) 312 square yards
C) 324 square yards
D) 336 square yards
E) 348 square yards

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