
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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The area of a region formed by four congruent squares is 144 square centimeters. What is the perimeter of the region, in centimeters?

[asy]
draw((0,0)--(10,0)--(10,10)--(0,10)--cycle);
draw((10,0)--(20,0)--(20,10)--(10,10)--cycle);
draw((0,10)--(10,10)--(10,20)--(0,20)--cycle);
draw((10,10)--(20,10)--(20,20)--(10,20)--cycle);
[/asy]

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