
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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Consider a sequence of hexagons where each new hexagon adds two layers of dots instead of one. The first hexagon has 1 dot. The second hexagon has 1 central dot, 6 dots in the first layer, and 12 dots in the second layer, making a total of 19 dots. Determine the total number of dots in the third hexagon.

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