
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 word "CAFE" in block letters is painted in black with strokes $1$ unit wide on an $8$ by $20$ rectangular white sign.  The area of the white portion of the sign, calculating the black area as follows:
- **C** is formed by a vertical bar of $8\times 1$ and a horizontal top bar of $1 \times 3$ and a horizontal bottom bar of $1 \times 3$.
- **A** is formed similarly to **H** but has an additional horizontal bar of $1 \times 2$ in the middle.
- **F** is formed by a vertical bar of $8 \times 1$ and two horizontal bars of $1 \times 4$.
- **E** is as given in the original problem but scaled up with its vertical dimension increased by $3$ units.
Calculate the area of the white portion of the sign.
A) 90
B) 95
C) 98
D) 100
E) 105

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