Your goal is to have an emergency fund equal to 3 months living expenses. your living expenses are $700 a month. your take-home pay per month is $1,100, and you plan to put 10% toward your emergency fund each month. how long will it take you to reach your goal?

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