Exercise 9 Page 623

For any two positive numbers a and b, the geometric mean is the positive number x such that ax= xb. Since we know that x must be positive, the following equation is the definition of a geometric mean. x= sqrt(a b)We are asked to find the geometric mean of the given pair of numbers. 25 and 16 Let's substitute them into the equation and simplify the right-hand side to find the mean x.

x=sqrt(25* 16)

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Evaluate

SqrtProd

sqrt(a* b)=sqrt(a)*sqrt(b)

x=sqrt(25)* sqrt(16)

CalcRoot

Calculate root

x = 5 * 4

Multiply

Multiply

x= 20