
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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An auditorium with $15$ rows of seats has $10$ seats in the first row. Each successive row has two more seats than the previous row. If during a testing session students are required to not sit next to another student, what is the maximum number of students that can be seated?
A) 170
B) 180
C) 190
D) 200
E) 210

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