
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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There are eight athletes participating in the men's 100m final. It is known that the stadium has eight tracks numbered from inside to outside as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. If the track numbers of the specified three athletes must be three consecutive numbers, calculate the total number of ways to arrange the tracks for these eight athletes.

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