
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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Following the directions of the arrows, how many different paths are there from $A$ to $D$?

[asy]
pair A,B,D;
A=(0,0);
B=(5,0);
D=(15,0);
dot(A);
dot(B);
dot(D);
label("$A$",A,S);
label("$B$",B,S);
label("$D$",D,S);
draw((0,0)--(2.5,1)--(5,0),Arrow);
draw((0,0)--(2.5,-1)--(5,0),Arrow);
draw(B--(7.5,1)--D,Arrow);
draw(B--(7.5,0)--D,Arrow);
draw(B--(7.5,-1)--D,Arrow);
draw(A--(7.5,2.5)--D,Arrow);
[/asy]

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