
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 Christmas garland hanging along the school corridor consists of red and blue bulbs. Next to each red bulb, there is necessarily at least one blue bulb. What is the maximum number of red bulbs that can be in this garland if there are a total of 50 bulbs?

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