
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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Compute (letters represent positive numbers)
$(1)(4a^{2}b^{\frac{2}{3}})(-2a^{\frac{1}{3}}b^{-\frac{2}{3}}) \div (-b^{-\frac{1}{2}})$;
$(2) \sqrt{6 \frac{1}{4}} - 33 \frac{3}{8} - (\sqrt{2} - 1)^{0} + (-1)^{2016} + 2^{-1}$.

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