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algebra senior

Problem

Points and lie on the graph of . The midpoint of is . What is the positive difference between the -coordinates of and ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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
Final answer
D