
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 2017 unoccupied chairs in a row. Each minute, a person arrives and sits in one of the empty chairs, and at the same time, if the chair is occupied, a person in an adjacent chair gets up and leaves. What is the maximum number of people that can be simultaneously seated in the row of chairs?

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