Question: Given that f (x) = 3x2 – 2x – 1, how do we find f (t – 1)?
Yours Truly answers:
We replace each x in the function with t - 1 to have:
Note that the red parts are derived by using the formula (a – b)2 = a2 – 2ab + b2 by letting a = t and b = 1. Namely, (t – 1)2 = t2 – 2·t·1 + 12 = t2 – 2t + 1.