
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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Construct a square on one side of an equilateral triangle. On one non-adjacent side of the square, construct a regular pentagon. On a non-adjacent side of the pentagon, construct a regular hexagon, followed by a regular heptagon on a non-adjacent side of the hexagon, and then continue to construct a regular octagon. Finally, on a non-adjacent side of the octagon, construct a nonagon. Calculate the total number of sides exposed to the outside in this arrangement.
A) 29  
B) 30  
C) 31  
D) 32  
E) 33

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