SOLUTION: what is the geometric mean of the numbers 7 and 14?

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Question 244868: what is the geometric mean of the numbers 7 and 14?
Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
The way to handle this is by plugging the numbers into the square root of a times b. 7 and 14 are a and b so it looks like this:
Square root of (7)(14) or rewritten as
sq rt of 98 or
9.9 (rounded off)
RJ Toftness
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