
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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In a larger class, Mr. Patel decides to award extra credit on quizzes to his students whose quiz grades exceed the class mean. There are 150 students in his class. What is the largest number of students who can be awarded extra credit?

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