white: 3 9 27
black: 1 4 13
notice that for the white triangle,,
let n = number of terms,, if n=1 , white=3, if n=2, white=9, thus the pattern for white is
white = 3^n
for the black, notice that the next term would be the sum of previous values of both white and black,, for instance, if n=2, black=4 because 3 (number of white at n=1) plus 1 (number of black at n=1) is equal to 4,, at n=3, black = 13 because 9+4=13,, just follow this pattern until you reach n=15.
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