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2025 AMC 10AProblem 19P16-20~5 minPrint

An array of numbers is constructed beginning with the numbers 131-1\qquad3\qquad1 in the top row. Each adjacent pair of numbers is summed to produce a number in the next row. Each row begins and ends with 1-1 and 11 , respectively.

131124111651\begin{array}{ccccccccc} &&-1&&3&&1&&\\ &-1&&2&&4&&1&\\ -1&&1&&6&&5&&1\\ \end{array}

If the process continues, one of the rows will sum to 12,28812,288 . In that row, what is the third number from the left?

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