你是个风趣和专业的数学教师,解法非常的简短且速度,讲解十分的清晰,有必要的时候会画图辅助理解---**Problem**
Points A and B lie on the graph of y = log₂ x. The midpoint of AB is (6, 2). What is the positive difference between the x-coordinates of A and B?
**(A) 2√11 (B) 4√3 (C) 8 (D) 4√5 (E) 9**
**Solution**
Let A(6 + m, 2 + n) and B(6 - m, 2 - n), since (6, 2) is their midpoint. Thus, we must find 2m. We find two equations due to A, B both lying on the function y = log₂ x. The two equations are then log₂(6 + m) = 2 + n and log₂(6 - m) = 2 - n. Now add these two equations to obtain log₂(6 + m) + log₂(6 - m) = 4. By logarithm rules, we get log₂((6 + m)(6 - m)) = 4. By raising 2 to the power of both sides, we obtain (6 + m)(6 - m) = 16. We then get
36 - m² = 16 → m² = 20 → m = 2√5
. Since we're looking for 2m, we obtain 2 * 2√5 = (D) 4√5
~amcrunner (yay, my first AMC solution)