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Mathematics · Ch 11 — Sequences and Series

Types of Means

11.6

Types of Means

For two numbers xx and yy, three kinds of "mean" (middle value) are defined depending on which progression the triple should form: the Arithmetic Mean makes x,A,yx, A, y an A.P.; the Geometric Mean makes x,G,yx, G, y a G.P.; and the Harmonic Mean makes x,H,yx, H, y an H.P. The next three sub-section …