Identify the initial amount a and the growth factor b in this exponential function. Help me please

Find |−5|. a. −5 b. 5 c. one-fifth d. –one-fifth !

Acable company wants to provide cell phone service for residents on an island. the function for the cost of laying the cable from the island to the mainland is c(x)= 6.500 square root x2+4, where x represents the length of the cable in feet. what are the domain and range of the function? a) domain: all real numbers range: all real numbers greater than or equal to 17,000 b) domain: all real numbers greater than or equal to 0 range: all real numbers greater than or equal to 17,000 c) domain: all real numbers greater than or equal to 0 range: all real numbers greater than or equal to 13,000 d) domain: all real numbers greater than or equal to 13,000 range: all real numbers greater than or equal to 0

When the solutions to each of the two equations below are graphed in the xy-coordinate plane, the graphs of the solutions intersect at two places. write the y-cordninates of the points of intersection in the boxes below in order from smallest to largest. y=2x y=x^2-3