
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 Jane Austen's gathering, each man shook hands with everyone except his spouse, and no handshakes took place between women, except for one specific handshake between two women. If 15 married couples attended, how many handshakes were there among these 30 people?
A) 300  
B) 311  
C) 316  
D) 325  
E) 330

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