Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. The graphs below show the number of faulty products, y, produced by a company for the first eight months since production started. Both graphs show the same information.

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