
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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Consider a rectangle $ABCD$ containing three squares. Two smaller squares each occupy a part of rectangle $ABCD$, and each smaller square has an area of 1 square inch. A larger square, also inside rectangle $ABCD$ and not overlapping with the smaller squares, has a side length three times that of one of the smaller squares. What is the area of rectangle $ABCD$, in square inches?

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