Geometric Mean CHAPTER 8.1. Geometric mean The geometric mean between two numbers is the positive square root of their product.

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Geometric Mean CHAPTER 8.1

Geometric mean The geometric mean between two numbers is the positive square root of their product

Example 1 Geometric Mean Find the geometric mean between 2 and 50. Answer: The geometric mean is 10.

Example 1 A.3.9 B.6 C.7.5 D.4.5 A. Find the geometric mean between 3 and 12.

Concept

Example 2 Identify Similar Right Triangles Write a similarity statement identifying the three similar triangles in the figure.

Example 3 Use Geometric Mean with Right Triangles Find c, d, and e.

Example 3 A.13.9 B.24 C.17.9 D.11.3 Find e to the nearest tenth.

Example 4 Indirect Measurement KITES Ms. Alspach is constructing a kite for her son. She has to arrange two support rods so that they are perpendicular. The shorter rod is 27 inches long. If she has to place the short rod 7.25 inches from one end of the long rod in order to form two right triangles with the kite fabric, what is the length of the long rod?

Example 4 A.68.3 ft B ft C ft D ft AIRPLANES A jetliner has a wingspan, BD, of 211 feet. The segment drawn from the front of the plane to the tail, at point E. If AE is 163 feet, what is the length of the aircraft to the nearest tenth of a foot?