
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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A solid cube of side length $5$ has a smaller cube of side length $2$ removed from each corner. After this, a plane slices the resulting solid parallel to one of the faces, cutting through the midpoints of four edges that were originally on the same face of the large cube. How many edges does the newly formed solid have?
A) 36
B) 40
C) 44
D) 48

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