
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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In a class of 25 students, each student is represented by a dot on a graph and friendships are denoted by lines between dots. Tony decides to organize a study group and invites all of his friends and also those students who are friends with at least one of Tony's friends. If 8 students are only friends with each other, 2 students have no friends, and 2 others are friends only with this isolated group of 8, how many students will not be invited to the study group?
A) 10
B) 11
C) 12
D) 13
E) 14

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