
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 sequence of hexagons where each successive hexagon contains an additional band of dots, such that the number of sides on which dots are added increases by one more than the preceding hexagon. How many dots are in the fourth hexagon if the first three hexagons have 1, 8, and 22 dots respectively?
A) 42
B) 44
C) 46
D) 48
E) 50

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