
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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Each square in a $3 \times 10$ grid is colored black or white. Let $N$ be the number of ways this can be done in such a way that no five squares in an ' $\mathrm{X}$ ' configuration (as shown by the black squares below) are all white or all black. Determine $\sqrt{N}$.

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