
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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Tony plays a game in which he takes  $40$  nickels out of a roll and tosses them one at a time toward his desk where his change jar sits.  He awards himself  $5$  points for each nickel that lands in the jar, and takes away  $2$  points from his score for each nickel that hits the ground.  After Tony is done tossing all  $40$  nickels, he computes  $88$  as his score.  Find the greatest number of nickels he could have successfully tossed into the jar.

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