
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 ball is randomly drawn from a bag containing four balls numbered $1$, $2$, $3$, $4$, and then placed back in the bag. Then, another ball is randomly drawn from the bag. Calculate the probability that the second ball's number is less than the number of the first ball plus 1.

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