
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 paperboy delivers newspapers to 12 houses along Main Street. He never misses four consecutive houses but doesn't have to deliver to every house. Compute the number of ways he could deliver papers under these new conditions.

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