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Number theory Difficulty 2.0 Junior Find the answer United Kingdom

The integers from $1$ to $99$ are written in ascending order without spaces. The sequence of digits is then grouped into triples of digits: $123456789101112\ldots979899 \to (123)(456)(789)(101)(112)\ldots(979)(899)$ . Which of the following is not one of the triples?

(A) $(222)$ (B) $(434)$ (C) $(464)$ (D) $(777)$ (E) $(888)$

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