
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 class of 50 students, each student must be paired with another student for a project. Due to prior groupings in other classes, 10 students already have assigned partners. If the pairing for the remaining students is done randomly, what is the probability that Alex is paired with her best friend, Jamie? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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