
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

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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For a winter coat, Maria must specify her chest size in centimeters. Given that:
- $1$ inch equals $0.0254$ meters,
- $1$ meter equals $100$ centimeters,
- and due to material shrinkage in cold temperatures, the chest size increases by $1\%$ in cold weather,
what size should Maria specify, in centimeters, if her normal chest size in inches is $38$ inches? (You may use a calculator; answer to the nearest tenth.)

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