
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 that Marla now has a cube with each edge of 12 feet, and she has enough blue paint to cover 432 square feet, she plans to paint a blue border around a white square centered on each face of the cube. Calculate the area of one of the white squares, in square feet.

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