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T-total (H). Suppose you start with one small tile. You create a super tile by surrounding the small tile with t additional small tiles identical to the original. Then you create a super-super tile by surrounding your super tile with t addit ional super tiles. Write an expression for the total number of small tiles you have in your super-super tile. Suppose this total is 81. Find the value of t.
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