
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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A standard 12-hour clock face is arranged as shown in the image. At noon, both the hour and minute hands were vertical. Now the hour hand is exactly pointing to the "18 minutes" mark. To what minute mark is the minute hand pointing at this moment?

1. 24 minutes
2. 48 minutes
3. 12 minutes
4. 36 minutes

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