Pads of paper come for two a box pencils, 27 to a box and it racers come 12 to a box what is the least number of kits that can be made with paper pencils and erasers with no supplies left over?

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