
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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Given sets $A=\{1, 2, 3, 4\}$, $B=\{5, 6, 7\}$, and $C=\{8, 9\}$. Now, take any two sets from these three sets, and then pick one element from each of the two selected sets to form a new set with two elements. The total number of distinct sets that can be formed is $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$.

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