
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 square of side length 1. Draw four lines that each connect a midpoint of a side with a corner not on that side, such that each midpoint and each corner is touched by only one line. Find the area of the region completely bounded by these lines.

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