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Asked by Basanta · 2 years ago

Find the geometric mean between: -4 and -25.

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Atith Adhikari Atith Adhikari · 2 years ago
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Solution

If the two numbers are a and b, then the geometric mean between them is given by $\rm GM = \sqrt{ab}$.

Given,

$\rm a = -4$ and $\rm b = -25$

By substituting the values into the formula, we get,

$\rm or, GM = - \sqrt{ab}$

$\rm or, GM = - \sqrt{ 4 \cdot 25 }$

$\rm or, GM = - \sqrt{100}$

$\rm or, GM = - \sqrt{ 10^{2} }$

$\rm \therefore GM = - 10$

Hence, the required geometric mean between the numbers $\rm -4$ and $\rm -25$ is $\rm -10$.

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