An oak tree is 4 meters tall and a bird is standing on the ground 3 meters from the tree. If the bird flies directly to the top of the tree, how far will it fly? Draw a picture and show your work.

Astudent draws two parabolas both parabolas cross the x axis at (-4,0) and (6,0) the y intercept of the first parabolas 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