The picture shows the first five rows of the Pascal triangle. What is the sum of numbers in the row?
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It is a geometric progression with a common ratio r = 2 . The n t h term of a geometric progression is given by a n = a 1 r n − 1 . Substituting, we get
a 1 0 0 = 1 ( 2 ) 9 9 = 2 9 9