
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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The seats in the Parliament of some country are arranged in a rectangle of  $10$  rows of  $10$  seats each. All the  $100$   $MP$ s have diﬀerent salaries. Each of them asks all his neighbours (sitting next to, in front of, or behind him, i.e.  $4$  members at most) how much they earn. They feel a lot of envy towards each other: an  $MP$  is content with his salary only if he has at most one neighbour who earns more than himself. What is the maximum possible number of  $MP$ s who are satisﬁed with their salaries?

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