SOLUTION: insert four geometric mean between 1/8 and 128

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Question 1098255: insert four geometric mean between 1/8 and 128
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, MathTherapy:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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it is the square root of the product or the square root of 128/8=16
sqrt(16)=4

Answer by MathTherapy(10555) About Me  (Show Source):
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insert four geometric mean between 1/8 and 128
Common ratio: 
Inserting 4 geometric means will result in 6 (4 + 2) terms. You already have 2: the 1st and last, or the 6th term.
Use the common ratio to find these 4 means/terms.