
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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Given the set of integers $\{1, 2, 3, \dots, 9\}$, from which three distinct numbers are arbitrarily selected as the coefficients of the quadratic function $f_{(x)} = ax^2 + bx + c$, determine the total number of functions $f_{(x)}$ that satisfy $\frac{f(1)}{2} \in \mathbb{Z}$.

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