
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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From the numbers $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$, four different numbers are selected, denoted as $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ respectively. If the parity of $a+b$ is the same as the parity of $c+d$, then the total number of ways to select $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ is ______ (provide the answer in numerical form).

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