
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 town has a population of 500 people. The graph, which is not shown here, divides the population into three segments to indicate the number of males, females and children. It is given that the males constitute 40% of the population. Determine the number of males in the town.

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