
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Let \( M = \{1, 2, \cdots, 17\} \). If there exist four distinct numbers \( a, b, c, d \in M \) such that \( a + b \equiv c + d \pmod{17} \), we call \( \{a, b\} \) and \( \{c, d\} \) a "balanced pair" of the set \( M \). How many balanced pairs are there in the set \( M \)?

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