A bag contains three black balls, three red balls, and three gold balls. If you pick two balls at random (without replacement), what is the probability that you pick two balls with the same colour

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A bag contains three black balls, three red balls, and three gold balls. If you pick two balls at random (without replacement), what is the probability that you pick two balls with the same colour

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