
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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A regular octagon \(PQRSTUV\) has sides of length \(2 \, \text{cm}\). When rectangles \(PQTU\) and \(RSVW\) are shaded, four small triangles inside the octagon remain unshaded. What is the total area, in \(\text{cm}^2\), of these four triangles?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 4
D) 6
E) 8

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