
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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Ms. Hamilton's eighth-grade class is organizing a large school basketball tournament with 32 teams divided into 8 groups of 4 teams each. Each group will play a round-robin, where every team plays every other team in their group. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout rounds, where the losing team in each match is eliminated. How many total games will be played to determine the winner?

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