
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 Paula initially had enough paint to paint 36 rooms, but lost four cans leaving her enough paint for only 28 rooms, determine the number of cans of paint she used for the 28 rooms.

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