
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 the base of a triangle is $24$ inches, two lines are drawn parallel to the base, with one of the lines dividing the triangle exactly in half by area, and the other line dividing one of the resulting triangles further into equal areas. If the total number of areas the triangle is divided into is four, find the length of the parallel line closer to the base.

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