
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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Crestview's school colors are purple, gold, and silver. The students are designing a flag using three solid-colored horizontal stripes. Using any of these school colors, how many different flags are possible if no two adjacent stripes may be the same color?

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