
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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Given triangle $ABC$ where $AB = 20$, $BC = 30$, and $AC = 34$, and points $D$ and $E$ are on $AB$ and $AC$ respectively, with $AD = 12$ and $AE = 18$, find the ratio of the area of triangle $ADE$ to the area of the quadrilateral $BCED$.

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