
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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Let  $ABCD$  be a trapezoid such that  $|AC|=8$ ,  $|BD|=6$ , and  $AD \parallel BC$ . Let  $P$  and  $S$  be the midpoints of  $[AD]$  and  $[BC]$ , respectively. If  $|PS|=5$ , find the area of the trapezoid  $ABCD$ .

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