
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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Consider a scenario where three non-overlapping regular polygons are constructed around a central equilateral triangle, each polygon having sides of length 2. Each polygon is contiguous to two sides of the triangle, such that they form a continuous belt around the triangle. At least two of these polygons are congruent. Calculate the minimum perimeter formed by these surrounding polygons without counting the inner edges that are contiguous with the triangle sides.
A) 15
B) 16
C) 18
D) 20

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