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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

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