
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 regular  $17$ -gon with vertices  $V_1, V_2, . . . , V_{17}$  and sides of length  $3$  has a point  $ P$  on  $V_1V_2$  such that  $V_1P = 1$ . A chord that stretches from  $V_1$  to  $V_2$  containing  $ P$  is rotated within the interior of the heptadecagon around  $V_2$  such that the chord now stretches from  $V_2$  to  $V_3$ . The chord then hinges around  $V_3$ , then  $V_4$ , and so on, continuing until  $ P$  is back at its original position. Find the total length traced by  $ P$ .

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