
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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Mário assembled a cube with twelve identical rods and wants to paint them so that at no vertex do rods of the same color meet. What is the minimum number of colors he needs to use?
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
E) 8

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