
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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Fifteen unit cubes are glued together to form a shape which consists of a base layer of 12 cubes arranged in a 4x3 rectangle and a second layer consisting of 3 cubes placed centered on one of the 3x3 sides of the rectangle. How many square units are in the surface area of the resulting solid?

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