
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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Imagine a sequence of hexagonal patterns where each successive hexagon contains additional bands of dots. The first hexagon has 1 dot, the second hexagon has 8 dots (1 plus a ring of 7), and the third hexagon has 22 dots (8 plus another layer of 14 dots surrounding it). The patterns of dots are such that each new layer around the previous hexagon follows an alternating rule: the nth hexagon’s layer will have \(7(n-1)\) dots if n is even, and \(7n\) dots if n is odd for n ≥ 2. What is the number of dots in the fourth hexagon?
A) 49
B) 50 
C) 51
D) 57

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