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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 300 seniors, 300 juniors, and 600 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior's name, 6 times; and each sophomore's name, 5 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  3/11
B)  9/15
C)  2/12
D)  8/9
E)  1/6.3333333333333

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