
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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Eight straight lines are drawn in a plane with no two parallel and no three concurrent. Calculate the number of regions into which these lines divide the plane.
A) 35
B) 36
C) 37
D) 38

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