
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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After a track and field event, each athlete shook hands once with every athlete from every other team, but not with their own team members. Afterwards, two coaches arrived, each only shaking hands with each athlete from their respective teams. If there were a total of 300 handshakes at the event, what is the fewest number of handshakes the coaches could have participated in?

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