
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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Each block on the grid displayed is 1 unit by 1 unit. You are located at point $A$ at the bottom left corner and wish to reach point $B$ at the top right corner of a grid that measures 4 units wide and 3 units high. However, you must take exactly 8 steps, being told that 1 of these steps must be a diagonal (one unit up and one unit right simultaneously), and the rest must be either strictly right or up, staying within grid paths. How many different ways can you do this?

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