
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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A research group conducted a survey on the air quality of cities, dividing $24$ cities into three groups: A, B, and C, with corresponding city numbers of $4$, $12$, and $8$. If a stratified sampling method is used to select $6$ cities, then the number of cities to be selected from group C is _____.

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