
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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Rita, Sam, Tom, Victor, Wendy, and Zara are competing in a quiz competition. Determine how many different 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place outcomes are possible, considering there are no ties and that Rita can never finish in 3rd place.

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