
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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Students A, B, C, D, and E participated in a labor skills competition, determining the rankings from 1st to 5th place. It is known that student A did not win the championship, and both student A and student B are not in 5th place. The total number of possible rankings for these 5 students is ______.

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