Can someone me with this problem ?

On a cm grid, point p has coordinates (3,-1) and point q has coordinates (-5,6) calculate the shortest distance between p and q give your answer to 1 decimal place

Iam at home. /: i am playing video games. translate the following statement into symbolic form.

Atown has a population of 12000 and grows at 3.5% every year. what will be the population after 7 years, to the nearest whole number?