
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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In the diagram below, all angles that appear to be right angles are right angles, and each of the ten congruent sides marked with a tick mark have length 1 foot. If the region has an area of 72 square feet, what is the number of feet in the perimeter of the region?
[asy]
size(120);
draw((6,9)--(0,9)--(0,0)--(12,0)--(12,4)--(11,4)--(11,5)--(10,5)--(10,6)--(9,6)--(9,7)--(8,7)--(8,8)--(7,8)--(7,9)--(6,9)--cycle);
label("12 ft",(6,0),S);
draw((10.85,4.5)--(11.15,4.5)); draw((9.85,5.5)--(10.15,5.5)); draw((8.85,6.5)--(9.15,6.5)); draw((7.85,7.5)--(8.15,7.5)); draw((6.85,8.5)--(7.15,8.5));
draw((11.5,3.85)--(11.5,4.15)); draw((10.5,4.85)--(10.5,5.15)); draw((9.5,5.85)--(9.5,6.15)); draw((8.5,6.85)--(8.5,7.15)); draw((7.5,7.85)--(7.5,8.15));
[/asy]

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