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    Tennis Ball Pyramid
  
        
  
    
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  | def pyramid(level): | |
| if level == 1: | |
| return 1 | |
| return (level * level) + pyramid(level-1) | |
| assert pyramid(1) == 1 | |
| assert pyramid(2) == 5 | |
| assert pyramid(3) == 14 | |
| print "Tennis balls in a 33-level pyramid: %d" % pyramid(33) | 
  
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