
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 rectangular box with dimensions 2 (length), 3 (width), and 1 (height) is sliced by a plane that passes through one vertex (vertex $A$) and the midpoints $B$ and $C$ of the height and width respectively, as well as an opposite corner $D$ on the base. What is the area of quadrilateral $ABCD$?
A) 1.012
B) 1.005
C) 0.995
D) 1.000

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