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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

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