
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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Starting from her house to get to school, Julia needs to walk eight blocks to the right and five blocks up, as indicated in the given diagram.

She knows that there are many different ways to take the house-to-school route, always following the shortest path. Since she is very curious, she would like to always take different routes. How many such routes exist from Julia's house to the school?

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