
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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Marius is participating in another wildlife photo contest, this time with nine unique leopards, each of different heights. For a better aesthetic effect, he decides that the two shortest leopards, as well as the tallest leopard, should be positioned at the ends (two on one end, one on the other). In how many ways can he arrange these leopards?

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