
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 Ben has a large black cube with an edge length of 12 feet and enough yellow paint to cover 432 square feet, calculate the area of one black square in square feet.

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