
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 rectangular garden measures $12$ meters in width and $20$ meters in length. It is paved with tiles that are $2$ meters by $2$ meters each. A cat runs from one corner of the rectangular garden to the opposite corner but must leap over a small pond that exactly covers one tile in the middle of the path. How many tiles does the cat touch, including the first and the last tile?

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