document.write( "Question 1142598: Insert 4 arithmetic means between -12 and 4 ? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The distance from -12 to 4 on number line is 16 units.\r\n" );
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document.write( "To \"insert 4 arithmetic mean between -12 and 4\" means to divide this distance by 5 equal intervals / (or segments).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the length of each such segment is   = 3.2; so the  arithmetic means to insert are\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -12  + 3.2 = -8.8;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -8.8 + 3.2 = -5.6;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -5.6 + 3.2 = -2.4;\r\n" );
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document.write( "    -2.4 + 3.2 =  0.8.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  The arithmetic means to insert are  -8.8, -5.6, -2.4 and 0.8.\r\n" );
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