
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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Given $\overrightarrow{a}=(x,1)$, $\overrightarrow{b}=(2,\sqrt{2})$, and $|\overrightarrow{c}|=2$, if $\overrightarrow{a}$ is parallel to $\overrightarrow{b}$ and the angle between $\overrightarrow{a}$ and $\overrightarrow{c}$ is $\frac{\pi }{6}$, then what is the value of $\overrightarrow{a}\cdot \overrightarrow{c}$?

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