
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 how many ways can 8 distinct beads be arranged on a bracelet, if one specific bead must always be adjacent to another specific bead? (As before, two arrangements are considered the same if one can be rotated or flipped to produce the other.)

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