
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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Johan has a large number of identical cubes. He has made a structure by taking a single cube and then sticking another cube to each face. He wants to make an extended structure in the same way so that each face of the current structure will have a cube stuck to it. How many extra cubes will he need to complete his extended structure?

A) 10  
B) 12  
C) 14  
D) 16  
E) 18

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