CEMC Pascal, 2011

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

The first four terms of a sequence are $1, 4, 2$ , and $3$ . Beginning with the fifth term in the sequence, each term is the sum of the previous four terms. Therefore, the fifth term is $10$ . What is the eighth term?

(A) $66$ (B) $65$ (C) $69$ (D) $134$ (E) $129$

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