
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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Among $4$ male students and $3$ female students who have signed up, $3$ people are to be selected to participate in volunteer services, with the requirement that there must be both male and female students. The number of different ways to select them is ______. (Fill in the answer with a number)

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