
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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Mom decides to take Xiaohua on a road trip to 10 cities during the vacation. After checking the map, Xiaohua is surprised to find that for any three cities among these 10, either all three pairs of cities are connected by highways, or exactly two pairs of cities among the three are not connected by highways. What is the minimum number of highways that must be opened among these 10 cities? (Note: There can be at most one highway between any two cities.)

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