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AMC 12 2019b Problem 8

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Let f(x)=x2(1−x)2f(x) = x^{2}(1-x)^{2}. What is the value of the sum

f(12019)−f(22019)+f(32019)−f(42019)+⋯+f(20172019)−f(20182019)?f \left(\frac{1}{2019} \right)-f \left(\frac{2}{2019} \right)+f \left(\frac{3}{2019} \right)-f \left(\frac{4}{2019} \right)+\cdots + f \left(\frac{2017}{2019} \right) - f \left(\frac{2018}{2019} \right)?

(A) 0(B) 120194(C) 2018220194(D) 2020220194(E) 1\textbf{(A) }0 \textbf{(B) }\frac{1}{2019^{4}} \textbf{(C) }\frac{2018^{2}}{2019^{4}} \textbf{(D) }\frac{2020^{2}}{2019^{4}} \textbf{(E) }1

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