
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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Given the data set $[8, 20, 35, 36, 40, 42, 44, 45, 53, 60]$ and the values of the median $Q_2 = 42$, the first quartile $Q_1 = 35$, and the third quartile $Q_3 = 45$, determine the number of outliers in the dataset.

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