
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 five students, A, B, C, D, and E, participating in a web design competition, and the rankings from first to fifth were determined. Students A and B went to ask about their results. The teacher told A, "You did not win first place." and told B, "You got third place." Based on this problem, how many possible arrangements of rankings are there for these five people? (Answer with a number).

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