
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 four members of a group -- Alice, Bob, Carol, and Dave -- in how many ways can three of these four be chosen and then assigned to be the president, secretary, and treasurer of the group, assuming no person holds more than one job and one person is not chosen?

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