
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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Box $P$ has $p$ chocolates and box $Q$ has $q$ chocolates, where $p$ and $q$ are both odd and $p>q$. What is the smallest number of chocolates which would have to be moved from box $P$ to box $Q$ so that box $Q$ has more chocolates than box $P$?

A $\frac{q-p+2}{2}$

B $\frac{p-q+2}{2}$

C $\frac{q+p-2}{2}$

D $\frac{p-q-2}{2}$

E $\frac{q+p+2}{2}$

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