
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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The area of a region formed by eight congruent squares is 392 square centimeters. This region is arranged in two rows with four squares in each row. What is the perimeter of this region, in centimeters?

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