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HMMT 2005 U31

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The L shape made by adjoining three congruent squares can be subdivided into four smaller L shapes.

Each of these can in turn be subdivided, and so forth. If we perform 2005 successive subdivisions, how many of the 42005L4^{2005} L 's left at the end will be in the same orientation as the original one?

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4^{2004}+2^{2004}

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