Can someone please help me with number 2 and 3? i just have to put them in a sentence

How do i do this activity, is appreciated

What is the distance between a and b? round your answer to the nearest tenth. a coordinate plane is shown. point a is located at negative 1, 5, and point b is located at 4, 1. a line segment connects the two points.

Mr. jones determined that the equation y = 98 - 16/5 x could be used to predict his students' unit test scores, based on the number of days, x, a student was absent during the unit. what was the meaning of the y-intercept of the function? (by the way the 16/5 is a )