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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There
are 100 seniors, 400 juniors, and 300 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, 4 times.
What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?
A) 4/11
B) 1/6.3333333333333
C) 7/13
D) 9/15
E) 2/8