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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 three boats, A, B, and C, in a pond. Boat A can carry 3 people, boat B can carry 2 people, and boat C can carry 1 person. Now, there are 2 adults and 2 children who need to be divided among these boats. For safety reasons, children must be accompanied by an adult to board the boat. Calculate the total number of ways they can be divided among these boats. 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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There are three boats, A, B, and C, in a pond. Boat A can carry 3 people, boat B can carry 2 people, and boat C can carry 1 person. Now, there are 2 adults and 2 children who need to be divided among these boats. For safety reasons, children must be accompanied by an adult to board the boat. Calculate the total number of ways they can be divided among these boats.
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