
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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An insect lives on the surface of a cube with edges of length 2. It wishes to travel on the surface of the cube from the center of one face to the center of the opposite face through the shortest possible route along the surface. What is the length of this shortest path?

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