A pinecone drops from a tree branch that is 36 feet above the ground. The function h = -16t2 + 36 is used. If the height h of the pinecone is in feet after t seconds, at about what time does the pinecone hit the ground? Could 2 seconds be a reasonable answer to this model?

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