
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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We consider 9 points in the plane with no three points collinear. What is the minimum value of $n$ such that if $n$ edges connecting two of the points are colored either red or blue, we are guaranteed to have a monochromatic triangle regardless of the coloring?

(OIM 1992)

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