
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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Given four children are playing a game in a circle and there is a requirement that two adjacent children must wear clothes of different colors, calculate the number of different ways to dress the children, considering only the difference in colors.

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