
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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Place three balls, labeled A, B, and C, randomly into four boxes numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4. The total number of different ways the balls can be arranged such that there is at least one ball in box number 1 is ___.

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