Left on together, the cold and hot water faucets of a certain bathtub take 7 minutes to fill the tub. If it takes the hot water faucet 17 minutes to fill the tub by itself, how long will it take the cold water faucet to fill the tub on its own?

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