
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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License plates in California and Texas follow specific alpha-numeric formats. California's license plates follow a format where each plate has an alternating sequence of letter and digit starting with a letter (i.e., L1L2L3). Texas, on the other hand, uses a format where the first three slots are digits followed by three letters (i.e., 123LLL). Assuming again that all 10 digits and all 26 letters are equally likely to appear in their respective positions, calculate how many more license plates California can issue than Texas.

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