
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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You have  $8$  friends, each of whom lives at a different vertex of a cube. You want to chart a path along the cube’s edges that will visit each of your friends exactly once. You can start at any vertex, but you must end at the vertex you started at, and you cannot travel on any edge more than once. How many different paths can you take?

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