
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 Carl uses 26 fence posts, with one post at each of the four corners and the remaining posts evenly distributed, and the number of posts on the longer side is twice as many as on the shorter side, including corners, calculate the area of Carl’s garden in square yards.

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