
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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At a dinner event, there are 8 married couples. Everyone shakes hands with each other except with their own spouse and except one person who does not shake hands with anyone due to an injury. How many handshakes occur?

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