
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 is a fence that consists of  $n$  planks arranged in a line. Each plank is painted with one of the available  $100$  colors. Suppose that for any two distinct colors  $i$  and  $j$ , there is a plank with color  $i$  located to the left of a (not necessarily adjacent) plank with color  $j$ . Determine the minimum possible value of  $n$ .

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