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a grocer stacks oranges in a square pyramid. each orange sits on the 4 oranges below it. so, the top layer has 1 orange and the layer below it has 4 oranges. the layer below that has 9 oranges. the total number of oranges required for 1 layer is 1. the total number of oranges required for 2 layers is 5. the total number of oranges required for three layers is 14.
a. write a recursive formula for the sequence.
b. how many oranges are required for 10 layers?

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a. No. of oranges in layer no. i = i*i
b. No oranges reqired for 10 layers = ∑i² where i=0 and i-->10
                                                             = 385

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