
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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Thirty people sit at a round table. Each of them is either smart or dumb. Each of them is asked: "Is your neighbor to the right smart or dumb?" A smart person always answers correctly, while a dumb person can answer both correctly and incorrectly. It is known that the number of dumb people does not exceed  $F$ . What is the largest possible value of  $F$  such that knowing what the answers of the people are, you can point at at least one person, knowing he is smart?

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