
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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Snow White cut a large square out of cambric and placed it in a chest. The First Dwarf came, took out the square, cut it into four squares, and put all four back in the chest. Then the Second Dwarf came, took one of the squares, cut it into four squares, and put all four back in the chest. Then the Third Dwarf came, took one of the squares, cut it into four squares, and put all four back in the chest. The same process was repeated by all the remaining dwarfs. How many squares were in the chest after the Seventh Dwarf left?

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