Please solve and explain part a and b, please help soon

Imagine a new pasture with grass growing on it. every day after the seeds have germinated, the number of blades of grass in the pasture triples. after 18 days, the entire pasture is completely covered in grass. how many days did it take for the pasture to be one-third covered in grass?

Kylie explained that (-4x+9)^2 will result in a difference of squares because (-4x+9)^2 (-4x+9)^2 =(-4x)^2+(9)^2=16x^2+81

True or false: the graph of y=f(bx) is a horizontal compression of the graph y=f(x) if b< 1