What’s the answer and how did you get it? i’m confused

The answer is 3.

Step-by-step explanation:

Because you should put the gh with gh, 2  is equivalent to 2 (so the 2 disappeared) and you only have 8-7=1 plus 2=3.

The given expression is 8g^2h-7gh+2

The degree of 8 g^2 h is 2, 1

The degree of - 7 g h is 1

The degree of 2 is 0

But the degree of expression will the highest degree of the indivisual expression of above i.e 3.

The answer is 3.

area of part 1:

a1=base*height/2=(8+2)*(8-2-2-1)/2=10*3/2=15 ft^2

area of part 2:

a2=length*width=(8+2)*1=10 ft2

area of part 3:

a3=length*width=8*2=16 ft2

total shaded area : a1+a2+a3=41 ft2

total area of the reactangle : a=16*8=128 ft2

total area of the nonshaded region : 128-41=87 ft2