
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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A paperboy now has to deliver newspapers to 12 houses on Maple Street. He still avoids missing three consecutive houses, but now he is also required to definitely deliver newspapers to the first and the last houses. Compute the number of ways the paperboy could deliver papers under these new conditions.

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