Calculating the probability that non-constant polynomial is equal 0 over binary field over a random point

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can't figure it out-

Let $F = \Bbb{F}_2 = \{0,1\}$ and Let $f(x_1, \ldots , x_m)$ be a non-constant polynomial of total degree $d$, with individual degrees smaller than 2. Prove that:

$$1/(2^d) \le Pr [ f (a_1,\ldots, a_m) = 0] \le 1 − 1/(2^d)$$

where $a_1 ,\ldots ,a_m$ are chosen uniformly from $F$

I was suggested to prove it using induction on the total degree $d$. The basis was easy (for example, one part of the inequality can be proven directly from Schwartz–Zippel lemma) but I got stuck on the inductive step.

Help will be highly appreciated