CEMC Cayley, 2009

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

In the table shown, a sequence starts with 2 in the top left corner. Moving across each row, each box is filled with a number 3 greater than the number to its left. The leftmost number in each row is 3 greater than the greatest in the previous row. When all of the boxes are filled in, the value of $x$ is

(A) $101$ (B) $104$ (C) $107$ (D) $110$ (E) $113$

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