Let $(x,y)$ be a point on the elliptic curve $X$ with order $4$, show that $x$ is algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}$ with degree at most $6$

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Let $P=(x,y)$ be a point on the elliptic curve $X=\{(x,y)\in\mathbb{C}^2 \ | \ y^2=4x^3-ax-b \ (a,b \in \mathbb{Q})\}$ with order $4$. Show that $x$ is algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}$ with degree at most $6$.

I do not really know how to connect the order of a point with being algebraic. Only things I noticed were, that $2P=(x',0)$, since $2P$ has order $2$. Furthermore, $3P=-P$. However, I do not know if this is helpful for the question. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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What you've done so far is quite helpful. There is an explicit formula for the coordinates of $2P$ in terms of the coordinates of $P = (x, y)$; in particular, the $y$-coordinate of $2P$ is a rational function whose numerator is a polynomial in $x$ of degree $6$ with rational coefficients. Hence, if the second coordinate of $2P$ is zero, then the aforementioned numerator is zero, which exactly means that $x$ is algebraic over $\mathbb{Q}$ with degree at most $6$. As a reference, Silverman and Tate's beautiful book ''Rational Points on Elliptic Curves'' describes how one might carry out this computation on page 31.