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2018 Individual #8

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May 6, 2022
2018 Individual

Problem Statement

The set of natural numbers are arranged as so: 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425\begin{array}{ccccccccc} & & & & 1 & & & &\\ & & & 2 & 3 & 4 & & &\\ & & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 &\\ & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 14 & 15 & 16 &\\ 17 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 21 & 22 & 23 & 24 & 25\\ & & & & \vdots & & & & \end{array}
so that each row has 22 more numbers in it, and the rows are centered. What is the number under 4949?
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>60<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>61<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>62<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>63<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>64<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>60\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>61\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>62\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>63\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>64