
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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Alex has 12 different kinds of lunch meats and 11 different kinds of cheeses. If he wants to create a sandwich with one kind of meat, he can choose to either use just one kind of cheese or two different kinds. Calculate the number of different sandwiches Alex could make.

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