
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 standard deck of cards has 52 cards divided into 4 suits, each of which has 13 cards. Two of the suits ($\heartsuit$ and $\diamondsuit$, called 'hearts' and 'diamonds') are red, the other two ($\spadesuit$ and $\clubsuit$, called 'spades' and 'clubs') are black. The cards in the deck are placed in random order. In how many ways can we pick three different cards, where the order in which the cards are picked matters?

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