
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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Using Horner's method to compute the value of the polynomial $f(x) = 7x^6 + 6x^4 + 3x^2 + 2$ when $x=4$, the first computation is:
A) $4 \times 4 = 16$
B) $4 \times 4 \times 4 \times 4 \times 4 \times 4 = 4096$
C) $7 \times 4 + 6 = 34$
D) $7 \times 4 + 0 = 28$

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