
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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The graphs of two functions, \( p(x) \) and \( q(x) \), are defined respectively as \( p(x) = 2|x| - 4 \) and \( q(x) = -|x| \). If \( q(p(x)) \) is evaluated at \( x = -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 \), what is the sum of the nine values obtained from this evaluation?

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