What is the effect of the b value in an exponential function? y = a* b^x someone please help ive been asking and no one has answered

Polygon mnopq is dilated by a scale factor of 0.8 with the origin as the center of dilation, resulting in the image m′n′o′p′q′. the coordinates of point m are (2, 4), and the coordinates of point n are (3, 5). the slope of is .

Arestaurant chef made 1 1/2 jars of pasta sauce. each serving of pasta requires 1/2 of a jar of sauce. how many servings of pasta will the chef be bale to prepare using the sauce?

What are the solutions of the equation? 6x^2 + 11x + 4 = 0 a. 4/3, 1/2 b. -4/3, -1/2 c. 4/3, -1/2 d. -4/3, 1/2