
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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Determine the area enclosed by the graph of $|x| + |y| = 6$ shown here.

[asy]
draw((0,-6)--(0,6),Arrows);
draw((-8,0)--(8,0),Arrows);
label("$y$",(0,6),NE);
label("$x$",(8,0),SE);
draw((6,0)--(0,6)--(-6,0)--(0,-6)--cycle);
[/asy]

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