
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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As a special treat, Sammy is allowed to eat five sweets from his very large jar which contains many sweets of each of three flavors - Lemon, Orange, and Strawberry. He wants to eat his five sweets in such a way that no two consecutive sweets have the same flavor. In how many ways can he do this?
A) 32
B) 48
C) 72
D) 108
E) 162

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