
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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A banner is made of four horizontal strips of fabric, each of a solid color, either red, white, blue, green, or yellow. If no two adjacent strips can be the same color, how many distinct banners are possible?

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