
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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Maria had enough paint for 40 identically sized rooms. However, after an accident, she lost 4 cans of paint resulting in only being able to paint 32 rooms. Compute how many paint cans Maria used for the 32 rooms.
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 17
E) 18

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