
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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In a certain location, the Olympic torch relay is divided into 6 segments, carried out by 6 torchbearers. If the first torchbearer can only be selected from among three people: A, B, and C, and the last torchbearer can only be selected from among two people: A and B, then the total number of different relay schemes is     . (Answer with a number).

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