
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 student speech competition held at a school, there were a total of 7 judges. The final score for a student was the average score after removing the highest and the lowest scores. The scores received by a student were 9.6, 9.4, 9.6, 9.7, 9.7, 9.5, 9.6. The mode of this data set is _______, and the student's final score is _______.

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