
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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Select three candidates from eight to participate in three activities labeled A, B, and C, with the condition that candidate Jia cannot participate in activity A. How many different methods of selection are there?

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