
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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Alice had just enough paint for 40 identically sized rooms. However, she lost four cans of paint during her commute, resulting in sufficient paint for only 32 rooms. Determine how many cans of paint Alice used for the 32 rooms.
A) 14
B) 15
C) 16
D) 18
E) 20

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