Posted by Jo on Monday, July 12, 2010 at 6:35am.
Usually the discriminant is associated with a quadratic equation.
I will assume you meant 2x^2 + 5x - 2 = 0
Discriminant = b^2 - 4ac
= 25 - 4(2)(-2)
= 41
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