I need help! How do you know if an equation is exponential growth or exponential decay or not an exponential equation? For example, what is y=2(0.5)^-the exponent is x

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Galen sold tickets of his church’s carnival for a total of $2,820. children’s tickets cost $3 each and adult tickets cost $5 each. the number of children’s tickets sold was 30 more than 3 times the number of adult tickets slod. how many children’s ticket and how many adult tickets did he sell?

Ariana starts with 100 milligrams of a radioactive substance. the amount of the substance decreases by 20% each week for a number of weeks, w. the expression 100(1−0.2)w finds the amount of radioactive substance remaining after w weeks. which statement about this expression is true? a) it is the difference between the initial amount and the percent decrease. b) it is the difference between the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks. c) it is the initial amount raised to the decay factor after w weeks. d) it is the product of the initial amount and the decay factor after w weeks.