
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 a weekend volleyball tournament, Team E plays against Team F, and Team G plays against Team H on Saturday. On Sunday, the winners of Saturday's matches face off in a final, while the losers compete for the consolation prize. Furthermore, there is a mini tiebreaker challenge between the losing teams on Saturday to decide the starting server for Sunday's consolation match. One possible ranking of the team from first to fourth at the end of the tournament is EGHF. Determine the total number of possible four-team ranking sequences at the end of the tournament.

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