
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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A square iron sheet with a side length of 12 cm has its four corners cut off to form four small squares of equal side length, x. The sheet is then folded to create an open-topped box. To maximize the volume of the box, the value of x should be __________.

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