
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 business networking event, 12 people are present, consisting of six pairs of business partners. If each person shakes hands once with every other attendee except with their own business partner, how many handshakes are exchanged?

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