
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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Submit a positive integer less than or equal to  $15$ . Your goal is to submit a number that is close to the number of teams submitting it. If you submit  $N$  and the total number of teams at the competition (including your own team) who submit  $N$  is  $T$ , your score will be  $\frac{2}{0.5|N-T|+1}$ .

*2020 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #5.4*

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