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A production scheduler at an electronics packaging plant is calculating the weekly throughput of a new automated assembly line. The estimated number of batches processed per hour is modeled by the expression (5y+2)(5y + 2), and the operating hours per week are modeled by (6y3)(6y - 3), where yy represents the line efficiency coefficient. To find the total weekly throughput expression, the scheduler multiplies these binomials using the Distributive Property: (5y+2)(6y3)(5y + 2)(6y - 3)

After applying the property twice, the scheduler expands the expression to: 30y215y+12y6{}30y^2 - 15y + 12y - 6

To simplify this expression to its final trinomial form, the scheduler must combine the two intermediate linear terms. What is the simplified middle term (including its sign) that results from combining these terms?

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