
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 square $WXYZ$ with side length 8 units is divided into four smaller squares by drawing lines from the midpoints of one side to the midpoints of the opposite sides. The top right square of each iteration is shaded. If this dividing and shading process is done 100 times, what is the total area of the shaded squares?
A) 18
B) 21
C) $\frac{64}{3}$
D) 25
E) 28

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