SOLUTION: If your test scores are 80 and 100, then the arithmetic mean of you scores is 90. The geometric mean of the scores is a number h such that 80/h=h/100 Are you better o

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Question 157892: If your test scores are 80 and 100, then the arithmetic mean of you scores is 90. The geometric mean of the scores is a number h such that
80/h=h/100
Are you better off with the arithmetic mean or the geometric mean?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You can cross multiply to get,


Keep the 90.

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