
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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Given an equilateral triangle $DEF$ with $DE = DF = EF = 8$ units and a circle with radius $4$ units tangent to line $DE$ at $E$ and line $DF$ at $F$, calculate the area of the circle passing through vertices $D$, $E$, and $F$.

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