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AMC 12 2016b Problem 7

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Josh writes the numbers 1,2,3,…,99,1001,2,3,\dots,99,100. He marks out 11, skips the next number (2)(2), marks out 33, and continues skipping and marking out the next number to the end of the list. Then he goes back to the start of his list, marks out the first remaining number (2)(2), skips the next number (4)(4), marks out 66, skips 88, marks out 1010, and so on to the end. Josh continues in this manner until only one number remains. What is that number?

\textbf{(A)}\ 13 \textbf{(B)}\ 32 \textbf{(C)}\ 56 \textbf{(D)}\ 64 \textbf{(E)}\ 96

Dataset text AMC 12 2000 to 2025. Quoted with source.

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