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Sierpinski Triangle
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level 
The fractal consists of the red triangles that remain if the process of removing the central 'quarter' of each red triangle is repeated indefinitely. Consider the first few stages, how many red triangles are there? How many triangles have been removed?
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