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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