
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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Eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom in China. There are $10$ zongzi in a plate, with $3$ red bean zongzi, $3$ meat zongzi, and $4$ plain zongzi. If $3$ zongzi are randomly taken from the plate, the expected number of plain zongzi taken is ____.

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