
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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Consider five strips of paper, each of 8 units long and 2 units wide, laid flat on a table. Three strips are placed horizontally, and two are placed vertically, overlapping in a grid pattern such that every horizontal strip intersects with both vertical strips. Calculate how much area of the table is covered by the paper strips.
A) 52 square units
B) 56 square units
C) 60 square units
D) 64 square units
E) 72 square units

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