Sophie and simon are peeling a pile of potatoes for lunch in the cafeteria. sophie can peel all the potatoes by herself in 45 minutes, while it would take simon 30 minutes to do the job working alone. if sophie and simon work together to peel the potatoes, how long will it take them? 15 minutes 18 minutes 38 minutes 75 minutes

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