
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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Place 8 different balls into 3 different boxes, with the requirement that each box contains at least one ball, and the number of balls in each box is different. Calculate the number of different ways to do this.

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