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A special lottery is to be held to select a high school student of the year. There are 100 seniors, 500 juniors, and 800 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 4 times; each junior's name, 4 times; and each sophomore's name, 3 times. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?



A)  9/16
B)  1/12
C)  7/13
D)  8/21
E)  3/17

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