
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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At the end of the school year, teachers of the third grade met with the parents of some of their students; exactly 31 people were present at this meeting. The Latin teacher was asked questions by 16 parents, the French teacher by 17 parents, the English teacher by 18 parents, and so on up to the Math teacher, who was asked questions by all the parents present at the meeting. How many parents were present at the meeting?

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