
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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Given a right triangle \( ABC \) with hypotenuse \( AB \). One leg \( AC = 15 \) and the altitude from \( C \) to \( AB \) divides \( AB \) into segments \( AH \) and \( HB \) with \( HB = 16 \), find the area of triangle \( ABC \).

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