
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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A paperboy delivers newspapers to 12 houses along Main Street. He cannot miss delivering to three consecutive houses, nor can he start by missing the first two houses. Compute the number of ways the paperboy could deliver papers in this manner.

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