
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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If an auditorium with 20 rows of seats has 12 seats in the first row, and each successive row has two more seats than the previous row, determine the maximum number of students that can be seated for an exam.

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