
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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Alphonso and Karen started out with the same number of apples. Karen gave twelve of her apples to Alphonso. Next, Karen gave half of her remaining apples to Alphonso. If Alphonso now has four times as many apples as Karen, find the number of apples Alphonso now has.

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