2000 Fermat Problem 2

If the following sequence of five arrows repeats itself continuously, what arrow will be in the 48th position?

\rightarrow,\quad \nearrow,\quad \searrow,\quad \leftarrow,\quad \downarrow

\textbf{(A)}\ \rightarrow\quad \textbf{(B)}\ \nearrow\quad \textbf{(C)}\ \searrow\quad \textbf{(D)}\ \leftarrow\quad \textbf{(E)}\ \downarrow

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