
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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In an office, each computer was connected by cables to exactly 5 other computers. After a virus affected some of the computers, all the cables from the infected computers were disconnected (a total of 26 cables had to be disconnected). Now, each of the uninfected computers is connected by cables to only 3 other computers. How many computers were affected by the virus?

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