
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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Two tour guides are organizing an outing for eight distinct tourists. They need to split up, and each tourist must decide which guide to accompany with the condition that each guide must have at least one tourist with them. How many different ways can the tourists be divided between the two guides?

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