
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 floor is tiled in a pattern that repeats ever $8 \times 8$ tiles. Each corner of the room reflects this repeating pattern, with each having a symmetric distribution but with an adjusted proportion of dark to light tiles. If the design in one $8 \times 8$ block consists of 18 dark tiles and 46 light tiles, what fraction of the tiled floor is made of darker tiles?
A) $\frac{18}{64}$
B) $\frac{9}{32}$
C) $\frac{1}{4}$
D) $\frac{1}{2}$
E) $\frac{7}{16}$

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