
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 were 100 apples, 99 oranges, and some pears on the table. The first person took an apple, the second person took a pear, the third person took an orange, the next took an apple, the one after that took a pear, and then the next took an orange. The children continued to take fruits in this order until the table was empty. How many pears could there have been?

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