
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 company conducted training for 140 new employees, among which there were 80 male employees and 60 female employees. After the training, a stratified sampling method was used to survey the training results. It is known that 16 male employees were sampled. The number of female employees that should be sampled is \_\_\_\_\_\_.

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