2. What is the geometric mean of 4 and 12? Use radicals when neede

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ganeshie8 · Answer

multiply the numbers and take "square root"

anonymous · Answer

okay I got 48, how do I take the square root? Sorry, i'm pretty clueless with this.

563blackghost · Answer

You would simply just find the square root of 48...so do you need this in radical form or decimal ?

anonymous · Answer

Radical form

563blackghost · Answer

So to get it in radical form we would find two factors of 48 in which one is a perfect square....so in this case 16 and 3....

$\Huge{\sqrt{16 \times 3}}$

What number multiples itself to equal 16?

anonymous · Answer

8

563blackghost · Answer

Not quite.

$\Huge{8 \times 8 = 64 \neq 16}$

anonymous · Answer

4x4=16 sorry I was thinking addition lol

563blackghost · Answer

Correct ^^ Now that we know that the square root of 16 is 4 we would take the 4 to the outside of the root and leave the 3 there...so the radical form is...

$\Huge{4\sqrt{3}$

563blackghost · Answer

$\Huge{4\sqrt{3}}$*

anonymous · Answer

Okay, thank you so much for your help!

563blackghost · Answer

np ^^