Can anyone please help me with these two

For problems 29 - 31 the graph of a quadratic function y=ax^2 + bx + c is shown. tell whether the discriminant of ax^2 + bx + c = 0 is positive, negative, or zero.

The expression 1.01*1.005(^t) gives the amount of money, in thousands of dollars, in carter's savings account (t) years after he opens it. what does 1.01 represent in this expression?

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.