Y by Adventure10, jhu08, Mango247, Ravensrule8, Panda729
Figures
,
,
, and
consist of
,
,
, and
nonoverlapping squares, respectively. If the pattern were continued, how many nonoverlapping squares would there be in figure
?
![[asy]
unitsize(8);
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle);
draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle);
draw((8,1)--(11,1)--(11,2)--(8,2)--cycle);
draw((19,0)--(20,0)--(20,5)--(19,5)--cycle);
draw((18,1)--(21,1)--(21,4)--(18,4)--cycle);
draw((17,2)--(22,2)--(22,3)--(17,3)--cycle);
draw((32,0)--(33,0)--(33,7)--(32,7)--cycle);
draw((29,3)--(36,3)--(36,4)--(29,4)--cycle);
draw((31,1)--(34,1)--(34,6)--(31,6)--cycle);
draw((30,2)--(35,2)--(35,5)--(30,5)--cycle);
label("Figure",(0.5,-1),S);
label("$0$",(0.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(9.5,-1),S);
label("$1$",(9.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(19.5,-1),S);
label("$2$",(19.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(32.5,-1),S);
label("$3$",(32.5,-2.5),S);[/asy]](//latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/4/7/a47c014550eb652aedf4605a7c120e471994b2fa.png)










![[asy]
unitsize(8);
draw((0,0)--(1,0)--(1,1)--(0,1)--cycle);
draw((9,0)--(10,0)--(10,3)--(9,3)--cycle);
draw((8,1)--(11,1)--(11,2)--(8,2)--cycle);
draw((19,0)--(20,0)--(20,5)--(19,5)--cycle);
draw((18,1)--(21,1)--(21,4)--(18,4)--cycle);
draw((17,2)--(22,2)--(22,3)--(17,3)--cycle);
draw((32,0)--(33,0)--(33,7)--(32,7)--cycle);
draw((29,3)--(36,3)--(36,4)--(29,4)--cycle);
draw((31,1)--(34,1)--(34,6)--(31,6)--cycle);
draw((30,2)--(35,2)--(35,5)--(30,5)--cycle);
label("Figure",(0.5,-1),S);
label("$0$",(0.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(9.5,-1),S);
label("$1$",(9.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(19.5,-1),S);
label("$2$",(19.5,-2.5),S);
label("Figure",(32.5,-1),S);
label("$3$",(32.5,-2.5),S);[/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/4/7/a47c014550eb652aedf4605a7c120e471994b2fa.png)

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