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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 700 seniors, 200 juniors, and 800 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 6 times; each junior's name, 5 times; and each sophomore's name, 5 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  6/8
B)  2/6
C)  3/10
D)  1/2.1904761904762
E)  8/5

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