
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 researcher compiled a frequency distribution for data collected as shown below:
\[\begin{tabular}{c c}
\text{data value}&\text{percent frequency}\\ \hline
1 & 10\%\\ 
2 & 20\%\\ 
3 & 30\%\\ 
4 & 30\%\\ 
5 & 10\%\\ \hline
\ & 100\%\\ 
\end{tabular}\]
The researcher also notes that the total number of data points $N$ is greater than $15$. What is the smallest possible value of $N$ that fits all given conditions?
A) 16
B) 18
C) 20
D) 22
E) 30

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