<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 Fill the nine numbers $1, 2, \cdots, 9$ into a $3 \times 3$ grid, placing one number in each cell, such that the numbers in each row increase from left to right and the numbers in each column decrease from top to bottom. How many different valid arrangements are there? Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
<think>
user
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Fill the nine numbers $1, 2, \cdots, 9$ into a $3 \times 3$ grid, placing one number in each cell, such that the numbers in each row increase from left to right and the numbers in each column decrease from top to bottom. How many different valid arrangements are there?
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