
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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There are eight people, each with their own horse. The horses are arbitrarily arranged in a line from left to right, while the people are lined up in random order to the left of all the horses. One at a time, each person moves rightwards in an attempt to reach their horse. If they encounter a mounted horse on their way to their horse, the mounted horse shouts angrily at the person, who then scurries home immediately. Otherwise, they get to their horse safely and mount it. The expected number of people who have scurried home after all eight people have attempted to reach their horse can be expressed as simplified fraction  $\tfrac{m}{n}$ . Find  $m+n$ .

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