
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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Squares $ABCD$ and $PQRS$ are congruent, and each has a side length of $12$. Point $R$ is the midpoint of side $BC$ of square $ABCD$. Calculate the total area covered by these squares on the plane.
A) 144
B) 192
C) 216
D) 228
E) 288

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