
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 chocolate bar has the shape of a square with a side length of 100 cm, divided into pieces with side lengths of 1 cm. A sweet tooth ate all the pieces along each of the four sides, as shown in the diagram. How many pieces did the sweet tooth eat in total?

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