
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 radius of the first circle is $2$ inches, and each subsequent circle has a radius $\frac{1}{3}$ that of the previous one. The sum of the areas of these circles is:
A) $3\pi$
B) $4.5\pi$
C) $5\pi$
D) $\frac{9\pi}{2}$
E) none of these

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