
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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In the state of Varland, the vehicle registration authority revamped its license plate design. The old license plates consisted of two letters followed by five digits. The new license plates now consist of four letters followed by four digits, with an additional special character (either a star '*' or a hash '#') at the end. Calculate how many times the number of possible license plates has increased with this new scheme.
A) 67.6
B) 135.2
C) 270.4
D) 540.8

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