
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 professor is assigning grades to a class of 12 students. As a compassionate professor, she decides to give out A's, B's, C's, and D's. How many ways can the professor assign these grades to all her students?

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