
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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During the "Two Sessions" in March 2016, a representative proposed to appropriately reduce the contribution ratio of "five insurances and one fund." It is now planned to select 20 representatives from the employees of a certain factory to survey their attitudes towards this proposal. It is known that the number of young, middle-aged, and elderly employees in the factory are 350, 500, and 150, respectively. According to the method of stratified sampling, the number of young employees that should be selected is __________.

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