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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 500 seniors, 500 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 2 times; each junior's name, 6 times; and each sophomore's name, 6 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  9/7
B)  7/6
C)  1/5.2
D)  8/8
E)  6/9

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