
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 two balls of different colors into five distinct boxes with at most one ball in each box. How many different ways can this be done if exactly two of the three empty boxes are adjacent? (Answer with a number).

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