
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:

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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There are $2n$ passengers on board an airliner, and the airline has loaded $n$ meals with chicken and $n$ meals with fish for them. It is known that a passenger prefers chicken with a probability of 0.5, and prefers fish with a probability of 0.5. We call a passenger dissatisfied if they do not receive the meal they prefer.

a) (8th - 11th grades, 2 points) Find the most likely number of dissatisfied passengers.

b) (9th - 11th grades, 3 points) Find the expected number of dissatisfied passengers.

c) (9th - 11th grades, 4 points) Find the variance of the number of dissatisfied passengers.

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