
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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A single tennis tournament starts with 120 players, with the top 40 players receiving a bye in the first round, leaving 80 players to be paired off into matches. Calculate the total number of matches played to determine the champion.

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