
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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Taylor is tiling his 12 feet by 16 feet living room floor. He plans to place 1 foot by 1 foot tiles along the edges to form a border, and then use 2 feet by 2 feet tiles to fill the remaining floor area, so find the total number of tiles he will use.

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