
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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Painting the surface of a large metal ball requires 2.4 kilograms of paint. If this large metal ball is melted down to make 64 identical small metal balls, without considering any loss, the amount of paint needed to coat the surfaces of these small metal balls is \_\_\_\_\_\_ kilograms.

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