
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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In a singing competition, there are 12 female contestants with an average age of 25 years and 18 male contestants with an average age of 40 years. Calculate the average age of all the contestants.

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