
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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Consider a series of squares where each square has a border of dots around it, each border containing dots on all four sides. The smallest square (first in the series) has a single dot at the center. Each successive square surrounds the previous one with an additional border of dots, with the number of dots on each side of the square equal to the term number. Determine how many dots are in the fourth square.

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