#include<stdio.h>
int main(void){
int i,n;
long long f[36]={0,2};
for(i=2;i<36;i++)f[i]=3*f[i-1]+2;
while(scanf("%d",&n)!=EOF){
printf("%I64d\n",f[n]);
}
return 0;
}
#include<stdio.h>
int main(void){
int i,n;
long long f[36]={0,2};
for(i=2;i<36;i++)f[i]=3*f[i-1]+2;
while(scanf("%d",&n)!=EOF){
printf("%I64d\n",f[n]);
}
return 0;
}