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Problem

The population of Nosuch Junction at one time was a perfect square. Later, with an increase of $100$, the population was one more than a perfect square. Now, with an additional increase of $100$, the population is again a perfect square.


The original population is a multiple of:

$\textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 9\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 11\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 17$

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