
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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A baseball league has ten teams. During the season, each of the ten teams was supposed to play exactly four games with each of the other teams. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, one specific team had to forfeit one game against each other team. Calculate the total number of games that actually took place.

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