
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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There are 15 families in Ms. Smith's history class, each with a varying number of children. The number of children per family is presented in the list 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5. Determine the median number of children in these families.

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