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An office operations manager uses two linear models to estimate monthly paper supplies: the number of active administrative departments is modeled by f(x)=3x2f(x) = 3x - 2, and the average boxes of paper used per department is modeled by g(x)=5x+1g(x) = 5x + 1. To construct the total supply function (fg)(x)(f \cdot g)(x), the manager multiplies the two functions: (fg)(x)=(3x2)(5x+1)(f \cdot g)(x) = (3x - 2)(5x + 1). After expanding this product to 15x2+3x10x2{}15x^2 + 3x - 10x - 2 and combining the like terms, the coefficient of the linear xx term in the final simplified polynomial is ____.

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