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Symmetric Matrices & Quadratic Forms · Easy problem

Let A=(13032−20−24)A = \begin{pmatrix}1 & 3 & 0\\3 & 2 & -2\\0 & -2 & 4\end{pmatrix}. When xTAx\mathbf x^{T}A\mathbf x is multiplied out as a polynomial in x,y,zx, y, z (with x=(x,y,z)\mathbf x = (x, y, z)), what is the coefficient of yzyz?