
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 decides to involve their seventh-graders and eighth-graders in jersey design choices. The seventh-graders need to decide on the color of the shorts (from black, gold, or blue) and the eighth-graders will pick the color of the jersey (from black, white, or gold), and they do not confer together. Each color for both shorts and jerseys is equally likely to be chosen. What is the probability that the shorts will be a different color than the jersey? Express your answer as a common fraction.

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