
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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The area of a rectangular formation made of eight congruent squares is 512 square centimeters. What is the perimeter of this region, in centimeters?

[asy]
draw((0,0)--(40,0)--(40,20)--(0,20)--cycle);
draw((10,0)--(10,20));
draw((20,0)--(20,20));
draw((30,0)--(30,20));
draw((0,10)--(40,10));
[/asy]

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