
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 five members of a group -- Alice, Bob, Carol, David, and Elsa -- in how many ways can three of these five be chosen and assigned to be the three officers (president, secretary, and treasurer) of the group, assuming no person holds more than one job?

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