
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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In a debate tournament, $60\%$ of the participants were eliminated in the preliminary round. Only $\frac{1}{4}$ of the remaining participants managed to advance to the semi-finals after the intermediate round. If 30 participants were still in the tournament after the intermediate round, how many participants started the tournament?

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