
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 Frieda the frog starts from the center square of a $4 \times 4$ grid of squares, she moves one square per hop (up, down, left, or right, without diagonal movement) and stops hopping if she lands on any square in the first or last row. Find the probability that she stops hopping within four hops due to landing on the defined stopping squares.

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