
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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Monica is tiling the floor of her 18-foot by 24-foot living room. She plans to place two layers of one-foot by one-foot square tiles for a double border along the edges of the room and to fill in the rest of the floor with three-foot by three-foot square tiles. Determine the total number of tiles Monica will use.

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