
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 new operation is denoted by "$*$": for any positive real numbers $a$ and $b$, we have $a*b=\sqrt{b}+a$. For example, $4*9=\sqrt{9}+4=7$. Then $15*196=\_\_\_\_\_\_$.

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