
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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In a district of Shanghai, the government convened the heads of 5 companies for an annual experience exchange meeting. Among them, Company A had 2 representatives attending, while the other 4 companies each had 1 representative attending. If 3 representatives are to be selected to speak at the meeting, the number of possible situations where these 3 representatives come from 3 different companies is ____.

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