
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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Given that 300 students preferred spaghetti and 120 students preferred tortellini, and that these preferences were evenly distributed across the grade levels, find the ratio of the number of sophomores who preferred spaghetti to the number of sophomores who preferred tortellini.

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