What is the coefficient of in the polynomial expansion ?
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Note that x 5 can be expressed as either x × x × x × x 2 or x 2 × x 2 × x . The first case would have each term with coefficient 1 and the second with coefficient − 2 , So in essence, the coefficient would be ( 3 4 ) × 1 + ( 2 4 ) × ( 1 2 ) × ( − 2 ) = − 2 0