
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 a large square grid composed of unit squares. At the center there is a 1x1 unit square. Around this center square, a sequence of concentric rings of squares is formed. The first ring contains 8 unit squares, the second ring contains 16 unit squares, and so forth. Find the total number of unit squares in the first 100 rings.

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