
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 4 distinct balls and 4 distinct boxes. If all the balls are placed in the boxes such that exactly two boxes remain empty, determine the number of ways to do this.

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