
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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At the beginning of the new semester, the school requires each student to take $3$ elective courses and participate in $2$ extracurricular activities. Students can choose any $3$ out of the $6$ elective courses offered in their grade, and $2$ out of $5$ extracurricular activity groups. The number of different ways to make these selections is ______. (Provide your answer as a number).

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