A transparent question mark on iTunes icon in dock/ iTunes won't open

Thanks for reading this and helping me--I have an iMac and a transparent question mark is in the middle of iTunes symbol in my dock. iTunes will not open at all when I try to open and there are no error messages.
Thanks

Open your Applications folder and locate iTunes. Drag it's icon to the doc. Drag the other icon out of the dock and it will disappear.
If you can't locate iTunes in your applications folder, download a fresh copy here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

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