
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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An ice cream shop now offers 8 types of ice cream. What is the maximum number of distinct two-scoop sundaes that can be crafted, assuming each sundae includes exactly two different types of ice cream and no two sundaes repeat the same pair of flavors?

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