
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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An office building is setting aside six parking spaces in a row to be rented out to four companies. Two of the companies own two cars each and require that their two parking spaces be adjacent to each other. Calculate the number of distinct parking allocation methods.

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