
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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It takes 60 grams of paint to paint a cube on all sides. How much paint is needed to paint a "snake" composed of 2016 such cubes? The beginning and end of the snake are shown in the diagram, and the rest of the cubes are indicated by ellipses.

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