
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 diagram shows two unshaded circles which touch each other and also touch a larger circle. Chord \( PQ \) of the larger circle is a tangent to both unshaded circles. The length of \( PQ \) is 6 units. What is the area, in square units, of the shaded region?

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