
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]


system
In the L-shaped region below, all angles that look like right angles are right angles, and each of the ten congruent segments marked with a tick mark have length 1 meter. If the region has an area of 72 square meters, what is the number of meters in the perimeter of the region?
```
[asy]
size(120);
draw((6,8)--(0,8)--(0,0)--(10,0)--(10,4)--(9,4)--(9,5)--(8,5)--(8,6)--(7,6)--(7,7)--(6,7)--cycle);
label("10 m",(5,0),S);
draw((8.85,4.5)--(9.15,4.5)); draw((7.85,5.5)--(8.15,5.5)); draw((6.85,6.5)--(7.15,6.5)); draw((5.85,7.5)--(6.15,7.5));
draw((9.5,3.85)--(9.5,4.15)); draw((8.5,4.85)--(8.5,5.15)); draw((7.5,5.85)--(7.5,6.15)); draw((6.5,6.85)--(6.5,7.15));
[/asy]
```

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