Verify that $p_1(t)$ and $p_2(t)$ are orthogonal under this inner product:
We have $p_1(t) = t^2 + t$ and $p_2(t) = t^2 - t$. To check if they are orthogonal, we need to compute the inner product $(p_1, p_2)$:
$(p_1, p_2) = p_1(0)p_2(0) + p_1(1)p_2(1) +
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