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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 800 seniors, 700 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 5 times; each junior's name, 5 times; and each sophomore's name, 3 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  8/5
B)  5/3
C)  3/8
D)  9/11
E)  1/2.025

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