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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 300 seniors, 700 juniors, and 600 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, 2 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  8/11
B)  9/12
C)  7/13
D)  1/10
E)  6/19

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