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Printing Error
Age 11 to 14
ShortChallenge Level 
A book has $89$ pages, but the page numbers are printed incorrectly.
Every third page number has been omitted, so that the pages are numbered $1,2,4,5,7,8,...$ and so on.
What is the number on the last printed page?
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This problem is taken from the UKMT Mathematical Challenges.
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