In two or more complete sentences, describe the transformation(s) that take place on the parent function f(x) =3^x to obtain the graph of f(x) = 3^-x + 1 - 2.

And employees salary increase by $4500 which represents a 15% raise what is the employees new salary

Find the solution of each of the following.

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.