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Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

Ahmad walks up a flight of eight steps, going up either one or two steps at a time. There is a hole on the sixth step, so he cannot use this step. In how many different ways can Ahmad reach the top step?

(A) $6$ (B) $7$ (C) $8$ (D) $9$ (E) $10$

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