
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 student named Xiaoming molded a conical piece of clay with a base radius of 4 and a slant height of 5 into a cylinder (the amount of clay remains unchanged) during a handwork class. What is the base radius of this cylinder when its surface area is minimum?

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