2000 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 17

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The operation $\otimes$ is defined for all nonzero numbers by $a\otimes b =\frac{a^{2}}{b}$. Determine $[(1\otimes 2)\otimes 3]-[1\otimes (2\otimes 3)]$.

$\text{(A)}\ -\frac{2}{3}\qquad\text{(B)}\ -\frac{1}{4}\qquad\text{(C)}\ 0\qquad\text{(D)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad\text{(E)}\ \frac{2}{3}$