
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 perimeter of rectangle \(ABCD\) is 16 meters. On each of its sides, a square is drawn with the side length equal to the respective side of the rectangle. Given that the total area of these four squares is 68 square meters, determine the area of the rectangle \(ABCD\).

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