
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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Suppose California and Texas have different license plate formats. California plates have the format where the first two slots and the last three slots are letters, and the third and fourth slots are digits. Texas plates, by contrast, use a format where the first two slots are digits followed by four letters. Assuming all 10 digits are equally likely to appear in the numeric positions, and all 26 letters are equally likely to appear in the alpha positions, how many more license plates can California issue than Texas?

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