
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 certain species of algae in a lake grows in such a way that its covered area quadruples every two days. The lake was fully covered by the algae on day $24$. Determine on what day the lake was $6.25\%$ covered by algae.

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