SOLUTION: Three positive numbers form a geometric sequence. If the geometric mean of the first two numbers is 6 and the geometric mean of the last two numbers is 24, find the three numbers a

SOLUTION: Three positive numbers form a geometric sequence. If the geometric mean of the first two numbers is 6 and the geometric mean of the last two numbers is 24, find the three numbers a

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Question 1039237: Three positive numbers form a geometric sequence. If the geometric mean of the first two numbers is 6 and the geometric mean of the last two numbers is 24, find the three numbers and their common ratio.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A, B, C be the numbers.
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