
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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Fiona is now observing a group of twelve students at a school event. She continues her game of guessing whether pairs of students like or dislike each other. How many distinct pairs of students can she observe before she runs out of pairs to evaluate?

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