
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 rectangular prism has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices. If a new pyramid is added using one of its rectangular faces as the base, calculate the maximum value of the sum of the exterior faces, vertices, and edges of the resulting shape after the fusion of the prism and pyramid.

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