If the number that is being raised to the power of t is in the interval (0, 1) , it is exponential decay.
If the number that is being raised to the power of t is greater than 1 , it is exponential growth.
For example,
y = 3.7(0.2)t Here, 0.2 is being raised to the power of t .
0.2 is in the interval (0, 1) so this equation represents exponential decay.
See if you can figure out the others.
And for this one...
g(x) = 2.1(x)
Here, there is no exponent. So this equation is neither exponential growth nor exponential decay.