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What does 'Geometrical Mean' mean in arithmetic ? |
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The Geometrical Mean of any number or numbers is the root of either product which is represented by their number.
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The Geometrical Mean of two numbers is the square root of the product of the two numbers.
G (a1, a2) = (a1, a2)1/2
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The Geometrical Mean
of three numbers is the cube root of the product of the three numbers.
G (a1, a2, a3) = (a1, a2, a3)1/3
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For Example,
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The Geometrical Mean of two numbers, 2 and 8 is 4.
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The geometric mean can only be applied to positive numbers.
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