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What is the coefficient of the term containing (a^2b) in ( (4a-b)^3 )?

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Correct answer: - (48)

To find the coefficient of the term containing \(a^2b\), use the cube identity \( (u-v)^3=u^3-3u^2v+3uv^2-v^3\). Here, \(u=4a\) and \(v=b\). The required term is the second term, because it contains two factors of \(u\) and one factor of \(v\). Its value is \(-3(4a)^2b\). Since \((4a)^2=16a^2\), the term becomes \(-48a^2b\).

The coefficient is therefore \(-48\), so option A is correct. The negative sign is important because this is a cube of a difference, not a cube of a sum. Option B has the correct magnitude but the wrong sign. Option C results from an incorrect calculation, and option D is the coefficient of the first term \( (4a)^3\), not the requested term. Hence both the identity and direct expansion confirm A.

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