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Geometry worksheet to help students calculate and simplify the geometric mean of two numbers.
Geometry worksheet to help students calculate the geometric mean of two numbers and given a number and a geometric mean, calculate the other number.
​Activity 6A

The Geometric Mean

 
Objectives
Calculate the geometric mean of two numbers.
 
Given a number and a geometric mean, calculate the other number.
 
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About Geometry Worksheet Activity 6A :    

 

Activity 6A is an introduction to calculating the geometric mean of two numbers.

 

Prerequisite Skills:  Solve proportions (Assignment 6.2).

 

Definition:  The geometric mean of two numbers, a and b, is a number c such that    a  =   c 

                                                                                                       c       b

 

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                        (The geometric mean of two numbers a and b is a number c such that  c    =  ab )               

 

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