2023 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 6
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Problem
Points and
lie on the graph of
. The midpoint of
is
. What is the positive difference between the
-coordinates of
and
?
Solution
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
~amcrunner (yay, my first AMC solution)
Solution
We have and
.
Therefore,
$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
\begin{align*}
| x_A - x_B |
& = \sqrt{\left( x_A + x_B \right)^2 - 4 x_A x_B} \\
& = \boxed{\textbf{(D)
}}.
\end{align*}
$$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)
~Steven Chen (Professor Chen Education Palace, www.professorchenedu.com)
Solution 2
Bascailly, we can use the midpoint formula
assume that the points are and
assume that the points are (,
) and (
,
)
midpoint formula is (,(
thus
and
2^0=1
(12x_1)-(x_1^2)=16
(12x_1)-(x_1^2)-16=0$for simplicty lets say x1=x
12x-x^2=16 x^2-12x+16
put this into quadratic formula and you should get$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg)x_1=6+2\sqrt(5)x_1=6+2\sqrt(5)-(6-2\sqrt(5)
6-6+4\sqrt(5)$
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