In the board game Risk, the world map is divided into six continents, and each continent is broken upinto multiple territories. North America has 9 territories; South America has 4 territories; Europehas 7 territories; Africa has 6 territories; Asia has 12 territories; Australia has 4 territories.There are 9+4+7+6+12+ 4 = 42 territories total. If you pick 3 different territories uniformlyat random, what is the probability that all three are on the same continent?

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There are 9+4+7+6+12+4 = 42 territories total. If you pick 3 different territories uniformly at random, what is the probability that all three are on the same continent?