
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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At a circular table, there are 5 people seated: Arnaldo, Bernaldo, Cernaldo, Dernaldo, and Ernaldo, each in a chair. Analyzing clockwise, we have:

I. There is 1 empty chair between Arnaldo and Bernaldo;

II. There are 5 chairs between Bernaldo and Cernaldo;

III. There are 4 chairs between Dernaldo and Ernaldo, almost all empty;

IV. There are 2 chairs between Dernaldo and Cernaldo;

V. There are 3 chairs between Ernaldo and Bernaldo, not all of them empty.

How many chairs are there around the table?

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