
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 square piece of paper was cut along a straight line into two parts. One of the resulting parts was cut again, and so on many times. What is the minimum number of cuts required so that exactly 100 quadrilaterals can be obtained from the resulting pieces?

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