
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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Farmer Alice has an alpaca, a cat, a dog, a gnu, and a pig. She also has five fields in a row. She wants to put one animal in each field, but doesn't want to put two animals in adjacent fields if their names contain the same letter. In how many different ways can she place her animals?

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