A restaurant chef was ordering supplies. He ordered 9 pounds of beef at 7.53 per pound, 9 pounds of potatoes at $6.45 a pound and 4 pounds of carrots at $6.23 per pound. He estimates that this will make 27 meals. If he charges 39.53 per meal how much profit will he make

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