
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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Compute the value of \[M = 150^2 + 148^2 - 146^2 - 144^2 + 142^2 + \dots + 6^2 + 4^2 - 2^2.\] Here the additions and subtractions alternate in pairs as before, but now the pairing starts with addition for the first two and subtraction for the next two.

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