
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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There are 5 students signing up for three extracurricular interest groups: music, art, and recitation. Each student must sign up for and can only sign up for one interest group. How many different ways of signing up are there in total?

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