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As an inventory coordinator for a retail distribution center, you are comparing the operating costs of two storage layouts. Layout 1 has an overhead cost represented by (a2+b2)(a^2 + b^2), and Layout 2 has an overhead cost represented by (a2+5ab6b2)(a^2 + 5ab - 6b^2). To find the cost savings of Layout 1 over Layout 2, you subtract Layout 2's cost from Layout 1's cost: (a2+b2)(a2+5ab6b2)(a^2 + b^2) - (a^2 + 5ab - 6b^2). After distributing the subtraction sign and combining like terms, the coefficient of the b2b^2 term in your simplified cost savings expression is ____.

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