
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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I want to choose a license plate that is 4 characters long. The sequence must be a letter, followed by either a letter or a digit, followed by another letter, and ending with a digit. The second character should be different from both the first and the last character. How many ways are there for me to choose such a license plate?

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