
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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In a competition consisting of $n$ true/false questions, 8 participants are involved. It is known that for any ordered pair of true/false questions $(A, B)$, there are exactly two participants whose answers are (true, true); exactly two participants whose answers are (true, false); exactly two participants whose answers are (false, true); and exactly two participants whose answers are (false, false). Find the maximum value of $n$ and explain the reasoning.

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