
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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Samantha decided to fence her rectangular playground using 28 fence posts, with one post at each corner and the remaining posts spaced 6 yards apart. The longer side of the playground contains three times as many posts as the shorter side. Determine the area, in square yards, of Samantha's playground.
A) 864
B) 972
C) 1080
D) 1188
E) 1320

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