
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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Determine the number of ways to arrange the sequence $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6$ so that no three consecutive terms are increasing or decreasing, and each even position in the sequence is occupied by an even number.
A) 40
B) 48
C) 56
D) 72
E) 80

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