Ms sacksteader own a grocery store. She buys 272 pounds of potatoes for $99. She wants to sell them for twice as much. She makes 9 bags containing 10 pounds each and puts the rest in 5-pounds bags. Her family will eat any of the leftover potatoes. Ms. Sacksreader want to know how many 5- pound bags of potatoes she can sell.

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