
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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I want to design a 4-character license plate. The requirements are:
1. The first character must be a letter.
2. The second and third characters can each be either a letter or a digit.
3. The fourth character must be a digit.
4. The first character and the third character should be the same. How many ways can I design such a license plate?

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