
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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Consider a 4x4 points grid with points evenly spaced at 1 unit apart, both horizontally and vertically. How many rectangles can be formed by connecting these points, where the sides of the rectangles must be parallel to either the horizontal or vertical axis?

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