The number of employees for a certain company has been decreasing each year by ​%5. If the company currently has 520 employees and this rate​ continues, find the number of employees in 19 years. The number of employees in 19 years will be approximately?

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 )