
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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I need to choose a license plate that is 4 characters long: the first two characters are letters, and the last two characters are digits. The middle two characters must be identical digits, and at least one of the two letters must be the same as these digits. How many ways are there to choose such a license plate?

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