
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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An auditorium with $15$ rows of seats has $18$ seats in the first row. Each successive row has two more seats than the previous row. If students taking an exam can sit in any row, but must not sit adjacent to one another, determine the maximum number of students that can be seated for the exam.
A) 210
B) 220
C) 230
D) 240
E) 250

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