
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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A *normal magic square* of order  $n$  is an arrangement of the integers from  $1$  to  $n^2$  in a square such that the  $n$  numbers in each row, each column, and each of the two diagonals sum to a constant, called the *magic sum* of the magic square. Compute the magic sum of a normal magic square of order  $8$ .

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