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Revision as of 08:36, 22 February 2024
Contents
Problem
Points and
lie on the graph of
. The midpoint of
is
. What is the positive difference between the
-coordinates of
and
?
Solution 1
Let and
, since
is their midpoint. Thus, we must find
. We find two equations due to
both lying on the function
. The two equations are then
and
. Now add these two equations to obtain
. By logarithm rules, we get
. By raising 2 to the power of both sides, we obtain
. We then get
. Since we're looking for
, we obtain
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Solution 2
We have and
. The first equation becomes
and the second becomes
so
Then
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Solution 3
Basically, we can use the midpoint formula
assume that the points are and
assume that the points are (,
) and (
,
)
midpoint formula is (,
)
thus
and
since
so,
for simplicity lets say
. We rearrange to get
.
put this into quadratic formula and you should get
Therefore,
which equals
Solution 4
Similar to above, but solve for in terms of
:
Distance between roots of the quadratic is the discriminant:
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Video Solution 1
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Video Solution 2 (🚀 Under 3 min 🚀)
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See Also
2023 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
Preceded by Problem 5 |
Followed by Problem 7 |
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