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2004 Pascal Problem 20

At the beginning of the game "Clock 7", the arrow points to one of the seven numbers. On each turn, the arrow is rotated clockwise by the number of spaces indicated by the arrow at the beginning of the turn. For example, if "Clock 7" starts with the arrow pointing at 4, then on the first turn, the arrow is rotated clockwise 4 spaces so that it now points at 1. The arrow will then move 1 space on the next turn, and so on. If the arrow points at 6 after the 21st turn, at which number did the arrow point after the first turn?

\textbf{(A)}\ 3\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 6\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 5\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 2\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 7

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