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2009 AMC 10AProblem 15P11-15~4 minPrint

The figures F1F_1 , F2F_2 , F3F_3 , and F4F_4 shown are the first in a sequence of figures. For n3n\ge3 , FnF_n is constructed from Fn1F_{n - 1} by surrounding it with a square and placing one more diamond on each side of the new square than Fn1F_{n - 1} had on each side of its outside square. For example, figure F3F_3 has 1313 diamonds. How many diamonds are there in figure F20F_{20} ?
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