
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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There are 3 people drawing balls from a dark box containing balls numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, with each person drawing one ball (without replacement). The number of ways in which two people draw consecutive numbers, but all three do not draw consecutive numbers, is ____.

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