
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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In a certain school cafeteria, there are only four main dishes available for breakfast: steamed buns, baozi (stuffed buns), noodles, and fried rice with eggs. There are 5 students going to have breakfast, each choosing only one of these dishes, and each type of dish is chosen by at least one student. It is known that there are not enough baozi for more than one person to eat, and Student A, due to stomach issues, will not choose fried rice with eggs. The number of different meal choice combinations for these 5 students is ______. (Answer with a number)

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