
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 new study presents the population distribution across a set of towns, depicted in a pie chart. Towns are categorized based on their populations as: fewer than 20,000 residents, 20,000 to 49,999 residents, and 50,000 or more residents. The chart shows that 15% of towns have fewer than 20,000 residents, 30% have between 20,000 and 49,999 residents, and 55% have 50,000 or more residents. What percent of towns have fewer than 50,000 residents?

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