
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 $16$-sided polygon $ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP$, each side measuring $3$ units, and consecutive sides forming a right angle. Lines $\overline{AI}$ and $\overline{CJ}$ intersect at point $N$. Determine the area of quadrilateral $ABCN$.
A) 0
B) 9
C) 18
D) 27
E) 36

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