
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 strategy. The seventh-graders have a choice between three colors for shorts (black, gold, or silver), and the eighth-graders will pick the color of the jersey from four options (black, white, gold, or blue). The two groups will not communicate about their choices. If each possible color for both garments is equally likely to be selected, what is the probability that the shorts will be a different color than the jersey?

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