
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given the function $f(x)= \frac{x}{4} + \frac{a}{x} -\ln x- \frac{3}{2}$, where $a\in\mathbb{R}$, and the curve $y=f(x)$ has a tangent at the point $(1,f(1))$ that is perpendicular to the line $y= \frac{1}{2}x$

  (1) Find the value of $a$;  

(2) Determine the intervals of monotonicity and the extremum of the function $f(x)$.

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