
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 the senior year of a certain school, there are three departments with a total of 600 students, numbered 001, 002, ..., 600. The first department comprises students numbered 001 to 300, the second department has students numbered 301 to 495, and the third department includes students numbered 496 to 600. A systematic sampling method is used to survey the academic performance of 50 students. If the randomly selected number is 003, then how many students from the second department are selected?

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