<|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
 There are 6 balls of each of the four colors: red, blue, yellow, and green. Each of the 6 balls of the same color is marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The number of ways to randomly select 3 balls with different numbers, such that the 3 balls have different colors and the numbers marked on them are not consecutive, is ______. 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.
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user
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There are 6 balls of each of the four colors: red, blue, yellow, and green. Each of the 6 balls of the same color is marked with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. The number of ways to randomly select 3 balls with different numbers, such that the 3 balls have different colors and the numbers marked on them are not consecutive, is ______.
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