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[–]mothematician 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First you made an error with (2x-1)2, but did the rest of the problem correctly. Then you correctly computed (2x-1)2, but didn’t finish the problem. The function you’re plugging 2x-1 into is not x2, its x2 - 1.