
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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A country decides to change its license plate format and now uses a combination of 5 digits followed by a block of 3 consecutive letters. How many distinct license plates are possible if each of the 5 digits and 3 letters are not necessarily distinct?

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