
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 café offers 12 different dishes on its menu. Two friends, Alex and Jordan, decide to each order one dish for their meal. They agree not to order the same dish. How many different combinations of meals can Alex and Jordan order?

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