
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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Eight congruent disks are arranged around a square with side length 2 in such a manner that each disk is tangent to two others, with four disks centered on the midpoints of the square’s sides and four at the corners. The disks completely cover the boundary of the square. Calculate the total area of the eight disks.

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