
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:

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# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A company wants to understand the age distribution of its employees, so it randomly selects 10 employees from departments A and B, respectively, and records their ages to create a stem-and-leaf plot as shown on the right:
(I) Calculate the mode of the ages in department A and the median of the ages in department B.
(II) Determine which department's employees are younger on average and explain your reasoning.

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