Pyramid of Blocks
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Baby Bart builds a pyramid with blocks. The top level of his pyramid is made up of 1 block. The next level down is two blocks wide and two blocks long. If each successive level has one more block in width and in length than the level above it, and the pyramid is 25 levels tall, how many blocks are used?
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