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A logistics planner is reviewing a routing algorithm that uses the algebraic model (x3−x2y)−(xy2+y3)+(x2y+xy2)(x^3 - x^2y) - (xy^2 + y^3) + (x^2y + xy^2) to estimate delivery delays. According to the standard simplification procedure, distributing the subtraction across the middle polynomial yields the intermediate expression x3−x2y−xy2+y3+x2y+xy2x^3 - x^2y - xy^2 + y^3 + x^2y + xy^2 before like terms are combined.

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