
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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Hope Elementary School has a rectangular classroom that is 10 meters long, 6 meters wide, and 3.5 meters high.  
(1) How large is the space of this classroom?  
(2) Now, if we want to paint the ceiling and four walls of the classroom, excluding 6 square meters for doors and windows, what is the area that needs to be painted in square meters?

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