
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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Given that \( a \) is a positive real number and \( b \) is an integer between \( 2 \) and \( 500 \), inclusive, find the number of ordered pairs \( (a,b) \) that satisfy the equation \( (\log_b a)^{1001}=\log_b(a^{1001}) \).

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