
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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It is known that there are four ways to prepare magical dust to create elixirs of kindness, joy, intelligence, luck, health, friendliness, and creativity. However, the elixirs of kindness, joy, and intelligence are made from fairy dust, while the elixirs of luck, health, friendliness, and creativity are made from elf dust. Among the instructions for preparing the dust, there are two ways for fairy dust and two ways for elf dust. How many different ways are there to prepare all the elixirs?

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