Geometric mean worksheet for Algebra 2
The geometric mean of two numbers is the square root of their product. Inserting geometric means between two numbers is the same idea stretched out: fill the gap so every term is the one before it times the same ratio.
Also taught in Geometry and Precalculus, each at its own level and with its own examples.
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How to do these
Insert two geometric means between and
- Three steps of the ratio take 3 to 81, so the ratio cubed is 27.
- The ratio is 3.
- 3 times 3, then times 3 again.
The answer is .
Where students go wrong
Averaging instead: the numbers halfway between 3 and 81 are arithmetic means. Geometric means multiply by the same number each step, they do not add.
Also called geometric mean, geometric means, inserting geometric means or geometric mean of two numbers.
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