
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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During the choir rehearsal of the Arts Festival at Jixi Experimental High School, a certain class plans to select 4 students from 3 boys and 5 girls to participate in the rehearsal. Find the number of ways for the following scenarios:
- Selecting 2 boys and 2 girls.
- Selecting at least 1 boy.

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