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HMMT 2010 E5

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Manya has a stack of 85=1+4+16+6485=1+4+16+64 blocks comprised of 4 layers (the kk th layer from the top has 4k−14^{k-1} blocks; see the diagram below). Each block rests on 4 smaller blocks, each with dimensions half those of the larger block. Laura removes blocks one at a time from this stack, removing only blocks that currently have no blocks on top of them. Find the number of ways Laura can remove precisely 5 blocks from Manya's stack (the order in which they are removed matters).

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