
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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There are three candidates standing for one position as student president and 130 students are voting. Sally has 24 votes so far, while Katie has 29 and Alan has 37. How many more votes does Alan need to be certain he will finish with the most votes?
A 13
B 14
C 15
D 16
E 17

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