
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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A rectangular park measures $13$ feet in width and $19$ feet in length, and a $1$ foot by $1$ foot decorative square tile covers its entire area. If a gardener walks from one corner to the opposite corner on a straight line, avoiding one specific tile, calculate the total number of tiles the gardener steps on.

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