Terri produces a sequence of positive integers by following three rules. She starts with a positive integer, then applies the appropriate rule to the result, and continues in this fashion.
Rule 1: If the integer is less than 10 , multiply it by 9 .
Rule 2: If the integer is even and greater than 9 , divide it by 2 .
Rule 3: If the integer is odd and greater than 9 , subtract 5 from it.
A sample sequence: 23,18,9,81,76, \ldots
Find the 98^{\text {th }} term of the sequence that begins 98,49, \ldots.
Answer Choices
A. 6
B. 11
C. 22
D. 27
E. 54