
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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An ice cream parlor offers 8 kinds of ice cream. What is the greatest number of two-scoop sundaes that can be made such that each sundae contains two different types of ice cream and no two sundaes have the same combination of flavors?

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