
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 salesman visits a street with 12 houses. He sells project materials and due to scheduling limits and street policies, never misses selling to three consecutive houses. For better relationship management, he always ensures to sell to the first house. Compute the number of ways the salesman could conduct his visits under these conditions.

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