good evening! Can someone please answer this, ill give you brainliest and your earning 50 points. Would be very appreciated.

So we know
[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail y=ab^x[/tex]
Put what's given
[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail -3=ab^0[/tex]
[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail -3=a[/tex]
Now put back
[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail y=-3b^x[/tex]
[tex]\\ \rm\rightarrowtail y=-3e^x[/tex]
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Answer:
General form of an exponential function: [tex]y=ab^x[/tex]
where:
If [tex]b > 1[/tex] then it is an increasing function
If [tex]0 < b < 1[/tex] then it is a decreasing function
Also [tex]b\neq 1[/tex]
Given:
[tex]\implies y=(-3)b^x[/tex]
If we want the function to be decreasing, then as [tex]a[/tex] is negative, we need [tex]b > 1[/tex] to make the overall function decreasing.
Let [tex]b=2[/tex] :
[tex]\implies y=(-3)2^x[/tex]
If we want the function to be increasing, then as [tex]a[/tex] is negative, we need [tex]0 < b < 1[/tex] to make the overall function increasing.
Let [tex]b=\dfrac12[/tex] :
[tex]\implies y=-3\left(\dfrac12\right)^x[/tex]
However, it doesn't matter whether the function is increasing or decreasing as the range of both of the above given functions is < 0 as [tex]a[/tex] is negative and [tex]b[/tex] is positive.