
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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A classroom has 10 chairs arranged in a row. Tom and Jerry choose their seats at random, but they are not allowed to sit on the first and last chairs. What is the probability that they don't sit next to each other?

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