
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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For any two numbers \( x \) and \( y \), the operation "*" is defined as: 

\[ x^{*} y = \frac{4 \times x \times y}{m \times x + 3 \times y} \]

(where \( m \) is a constant). Given that \( 1 * 2 = 1 \), find the value of \( m \). Also, calculate \( 3 * 12 \).

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