
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 3 female and 2 male volunteers, a total of 5 volunteers, who need to be distributed among 3 communities to participate in volunteer services. Each community can have 1 to 2 people. Female volunteers A and B must be in the same community, and male volunteers must be in different communities. The number of different distribution methods is \_\_\_\_\_\_.

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