
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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Petya and his three classmates started a 100-meter race simultaneously, and Petya finished first. Twelve seconds after the race began, no one had finished yet, and all four participants had collectively run a total of 288 meters. When Petya finished the race, the other three participants had a combined distance of 40 meters left to the finish line. How many meters did Petya run in the first 12 seconds? Justify your answer. It is assumed that each participant ran with a constant speed.

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