
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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Given that a bank has 320 employees with an average annual profit of 200,000 yuan per employee, and each remaining employee's profit increases by 20,000 yuan for every laid-off employee, while the bank must pay 60,000 yuan per year for each laid-off employee, and the number of employees required to operate normally is at least three-quarters of the current number, determine the optimal number of employees to lay off.

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