
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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Four rectangular paper strips each of length 12 and width 1 are laid flat on a table and overlap perpendicularly. The layout is such that one strip is entirely covered by the other three, with each of these three strips overlapping the fully covered strip but not each other. Calculate the total area of the table covered by the four strips.

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