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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There
are 600 seniors, 600 juniors, and 500 sophomores who applied.
Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 5 times; each
junior's name, 3 times; and each sophomore's name, 2 times.
What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?
A) 2/11
B) 1/1.9333333333333
C) 4/4
D) 6/10
E) 7/9