
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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At a national conference, 31 participants are assigned to individual rooms in a hotel where the rooms are numbered consecutively from 1 to 31. Due to late arrivals, the participants staying in rooms 15 and 20 are absent. What is the median room number of the remaining 29 participants?

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