SOLUTION: what is the geometric mean of 10 and 12?

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Question 244877: what is the geometric mean of 10 and 12?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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it should be the square root of 10*12 = sqrt(120)

check this out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_mean

In general, if you have n numbers, the geometric mean is the nth root of the product of all the numbers. 

numbers             geometric mean

a,b                  root%282%2C%28a%2Ab%29%29


a,b,c,d,e            root%285%2C%28a%2Ab%2Ac%2Ad%2Ae%29%29