The diagram shows a spiral of equilateral triangles. After the first five triangles (shown shaded), the next triangle is always placed alongside two others: the one placed immediately before and one placed earlier. The smallest triangles have sides of length 1 unit. What is the length of the sides of the fifteenth triangle?
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