
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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The local junior football team is deciding on their new uniforms. The team's ninth-graders will choose the color of the socks (options: red, green, or blue), and the tenth-graders will pick the color for the t-shirts (options: red, yellow, green, blue, or white). Neither group will discuss their choices with the other group. If each color option is equally likely to be selected, what is the probability that both the socks and the t-shirt are either both white or different colors?

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