
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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Consider a scenario where California issues license plates with a format of two letters followed by four digits and then one letter (e.g., AB1234C). Texas issues license plates where the first, third, and fifth positions are letters and the second, fourth, and sixth positions are digits (e.g., A1B2C3). Assuming all 10 digits and 26 letters are equally likely to appear in their respective positions, how many more license plates can California issue than Texas?

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