Geometric and Arithmetric Sequence
 

Geometric and Arithmetric Sequence problem 17


Mike drew a sequence of triangles. At each step, he counted how many of the smallest triangles in the picture.




There are 1 in the first picture, 4 in the second, and 16 of the smallest triangles in the third. Calculate how many smallest triangles there would be in the fifth figure.


 

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