
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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There are 10 chairs in a row. Neither Mary nor James can choose the last chair. They each select their seat randomly from the remaining chairs. What is the probability that they don't sit next to each other?

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