
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 high school organizes a study tour to the USA, including 240 freshmen, 260 sophomores, and 300 juniors. They now need to allocate 40 spots for the event among the different grades through sampling. The number of sophomores selected to participate is ____.

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