
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 teacher plans to assign grades to a class of 12 students. To promote more uniformity in grading, the teacher decides to only distribute grades such as A's, B's, and C's. How many combinations are possible for the teacher to assign grades to the entire class?

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