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UKMT Junior Kangaroo, 2017

Number theory Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

In the sequence of letters KANGAROOKANGAROOKANG... the word KANGAROO is repeated indefinitely. What is the $2017$ th letter in this sequence?

(A) $K$ (B) $N$ (C) $G$ (D) $R$ (E) $O$

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