The degree of g(x) = 2x^2 + x - 1
a. 3
b. 2
c. 1
d. -1
g(x) = 2x^2 + x - 1
The degree of an equation that has not more than one variable in each term is the exponent of the highest power to which that variable is raised in the equation.
b. 2 is the answer