Chapter 8: Q3. (page 291)
Complete the simplification.
Short Answer
The simplified form is,
Chapter 8: Q3. (page 291)
Complete the simplification.
The simplified form 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.
Find the value of from the given figure.
Complete the simplification.
The early Greeks thought of the Pythagorean Theorem in this form: The area of the square on the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals the sum of the areas of the squares on the legs. Draw a diagram to illustrate that interpretation.
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