
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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Suppose that \(a, b, c\), and \(d\) are real numbers such that \(a+b+c+d=8\). Compute the minimum possible value of
$$
20\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}\right)-\sum_{\text {sym }} a^{3} b,
$$
where the sum is over all 12 symmetric terms.

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