
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]


system
Bethany is told to create an expression from \(2 \square 0 \square 1 \square 7\) by putting a \(+\) in one box, a \( \times \) in another, and \( \times \) in the remaining box. There are 6 ways in which she can do this. She calculates the value of each expression and obtains a maximum value of \(M\) and a minimum value of \(m\). What is \(M - m\)?

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