Sean has 9 liters of juice. He pours equal amounts of the juice into 4 pitchers. There is 0.5 of a liter of juice left. How many liters of juice are in each pitcher?

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