
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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An auditorium with 25 rows of seats has 15 seats in the first row. Each successive row has one more seat than the previous row. If students taking an exam are permitted to sit in any row, but must have at least two empty seats between them in that row, determine the maximum number of students that can be seated for an exam.

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