Taylor has 5 yards of gold ribbon to decorate
8 costumes for the school play. She plans to
use the same amount of ribbon for each
costume. How many yards of ribbon will she
use for each costume?

Astudent draws two parabolas on graph paper. both parabolas cross the x-axis at (–4, 0) and (6, 0). the y-intercept of the first parabola is (0, –12). the y-intercept of the second parabola is (0, –24). what is the positive difference between the a values for the two functions that describe the parabolas? write your answer as a decimal rounded to the nearest tenth