
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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Given that all the triangles in the diagram are similar to isosceles triangle PQR, where PQ = PR, the area of each of the 8 smallest triangles is 2, and the area of triangle PQR is 72, calculate the area of triangle PSR, which is formed by four of these smallest triangles.

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