
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 row consists of 10 chairs, but chair #5 is broken and cannot be used. Mary and James each sit in one of the available chairs, choosing their seats at random from the remaining 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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