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What is the geometric mean of $3, 6$ $3,6$ and $12$ $12$ ?

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Shwetank Mauria

Oct 5, 2017

Geometric mean is $6$ $6$

Explanation:

In a discreet data with data points ${a_1,a_2,a_3,....,a_n}$ ,

geometric mean is $root(n)(a_1xxa_2xxa_3xx....xxa_n)$

Hence geometric mean of $3, 6$ and $12$ is

$root(3)(3xx6xx12)=root(3)(3xx2xx3xx2xx2xx3)=6$

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