
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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The organizing committee of a local contest wishes to arrange examination rooms for the contestants. If each room is assigned 30 contestants, one room will have 26 contestants. If each room is assigned 26 contestants, one room will have 20 contestants, and this will require 9 more rooms than the previous arrangement. How many contestants are participating in the exam from this region?

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