
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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John conducted a survey about public perception of rats. He found that $82.5\%$ of respondents believed that rats carried diseases. Among these, $39.1\%$ believed that rats commonly carried rabies. Given that this belief is incorrect, these 18 respondents were misinformed. Based on this information, calculate the total number of people surveyed by John.

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