Chapter 8: Q13. (page 291)
State an equation you could use to find the value of . Then find the value of in simplest radical form.

Short Answer
The required value of is,
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Chapter 8: Q13. (page 291)
State an equation you could use to find the value of . Then find the value of in simplest radical form.

The required value of is,
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The arithmetic mean between two numbers and is defined to be .

is the median and is the altitude to the hypotenuse of right . Show that is the arithmetic mean between and , and that is the geometric mean between and . Then use the diagram to show that the arithmetic mean is greater than the geometric mean.
Show algebraically that the arithmetic mean between two different numbers and is greater than the geometric mean.
Refer to the figure at the right.

If and , find .
Find the values of and .

Find the length of the diagonal of the square with perimeter is .
Find the geometric mean between the two numbers.
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