How do you add with cylinders ​

Multiplying an even number of negative numbers gives an answer that is choose from:

What is true about the dilation? it is a reduction with a scale factor between 0 and 1. it is a reduction with a scale factor greater than 1. it is an enlargement with a scale factor between 0 and 1. it is an enlargement with a scale factor greater than 1.

Solve 2^x=32 and rewrite this equation in a logarithmic form