Problem

2002 Pascal Problem 19

The natural numbers from 1 to 2100 are entered sequentially in 7 columns, with the first 3 rows as shown. The number 2002 occurs in column m and row n. The value of m+n is

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline & \text{Column 1} & \text{Column 2} & \text{Column 3} & \text{Column 4} & \text{Column 5} & \text{Column 6} & \text{Column 7} \\ \hline \text{Row 1} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 \\ \hline \text{Row 2} & 8 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 14 \\ \hline \text{Row 3} & 15 & 16 & 17 & 18 & 19 & 20 & 21 \\ \hline \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \vdots \\ \hline \end{array}

\textbf{(A)}\ 290\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 291\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 292\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 293\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 294

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