
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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Keisha's basketball team is updating their uniform selection process. Now, both the seventh-graders and the eighth-graders can choose from three colors (black, white, or gold) for the shorts and the jersey respectively, but still make their choices independently. If each color is equally likely to be chosen for both garments, what is the probability that the color of the shorts will differ from the color of the jersey? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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