
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 women's doubles tennis tournament, four teams of two women competed. After the tournament, each woman shook hands only once with each of the other players, except with her own partner. How many handshakes occurred in total?

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