
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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In 2021, the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics held a press conference. The committee needed to select 4 media groups from 6 domestic media groups and 3 foreign media groups for on-site questioning. The requirement was that the four selected media groups must include both domestic and foreign media groups, and the domestic media groups cannot ask questions consecutively. The number of different ways to ask questions is _____. (Provide your answer in numerical form)

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