17th Iberoamerican Mathematical Olympiad Problems 2002

A1.  The numbers 1, 2, ... , 2002 are written in order on a blackboard. Then the 1st, 4th, 7th, ... , 3k+1th, ... numbers in the list are erased. Then the 1st, 4th, 7th, ... 3k+1th numbers in the remaining list are erased (leaving 3, 5, 8, 9, 12, ... ). This process is carried out repeatedly until there are no numbers left. What is the last number to be erased?

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