
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 a street. He does not always deliver to every house, but to avoid trouble he never misses four consecutive houses. Compute the number of ways the paperboy could deliver papers under these conditions.

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