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An industrial technician is evaluating a crane's load safety using the rational inequality 13−2x2<53x\frac{1}{3} - \frac{2}{x^2} < \frac{5}{3x}. After combining the terms into a single rational expression, the technician simplifies the inequality to (x−6)(x+1)3x2<0\frac{(x - 6)(x + 1)}{3x^2} < 0. To solve this, the technician identifies the partition numbers that divide the number line into intervals. If two of the partition numbers are -1 and 6, what is the third partition number? ____

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