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Help me can you please explain this for both

Help me can you please explain this for both-example-1
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Answer: 1 and -3

Explanation:

You plug in the X value and then solve.

So the first one is plugging in -1, plugging in 2, and then adding them together.

f(-1) = 2*(-1)^2 - (-1) - 4 = -1

f(2) = 2*(2)^2 - 2 - 4 = 2

f(-1)+f(2) = -1+2 = 1

while f(-1) - f(2) = -1 - 2 = -3

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