
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 always starts and ends his delivery with a house to ensure maximum coverage and to avoid complaints, but he never misses three consecutive houses in between. 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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