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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