
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 webpage design competition, five students A, B, C, D, and E had their rankings determined from first to fifth. Students A and B went to ask for their results. The teacher said to A, "You did not get first place," and to B, "You got third place." Based on this information, there are a total of _______ possible ranking arrangements for these five students (answer with a number).

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