
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 a contest involving 5 students, the person responding said that all 5 students have different scores and one student's score is not the best, and also that another student is not the last in ranking. Calculate the total number of possible rankings of the 5 students.

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