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| | *<math>n1,n2</math> are the positive real numbers. | | *<math>n1,n2</math> are the positive real numbers. |
| | ==Description== | | ==Description== |
| − | *This function gives the geometric mean of an array or references. | + | *This function gives the Geometric Mean of an array or references. |
| − | *For example it is used to calculate average rate of growth of human population. | + | *For example, it is used to calculate average rate of growth of human population. |
| − | *The geometric mean of two numbers, is the square root of their product and the geometric mean of the three numbers is the cube root of their product. | + | *The Geometric Mean of two numbers is, the square root of their product. |
| − | *So the geometric mean of n numbers is defined as the nth root of the product of the numbers. | + | *The Geometric Mean of the three numbers is, the cube root of their product. |
| − | *In GEOMEAN(n1,n2...)n1,n2.., are positive real numbers and n1 is required. n2,n3.. are optional. | + | *So the geometric mean of <math>n</math> numbers is defined as the <math>n^{th}</math> root of the product of the numbers. |
| − | *The arguments can be numbers ,names, arrays or references that contain numbers. | + | *In <math>GEOMEAN(n1,n2...)</math>, <math>n1,n2...</math> are the positive real numbers and <math>n1</math> is required. <math>n2,n3...</math> are optional. |
| | + | *The arguments can be numbers,names,arrays or references that contain numbers. |
| | *Also we can directly use logical values and text representations of numbers. | | *Also we can directly use logical values and text representations of numbers. |
| − | *The values are ignored when the argument contains logical values or empty cells. | + | *The values are ignored, when the argument contains logical values or empty cells. |
| − | *The geometric and arithmetic means are equal when all the numbers in the given set are equal,otherwise the geometric mean of a data set is less than the data set's arithmetic mean. | + | *The Geometric and Arithmetic Means are equal, when all the numbers in the given set are equal, otherwise the Geometric Mean of a data set is less than the data set's Arithmetic Mean. |
| | *The geometric mean of a data set {a1,a2 ...,an} is given by: | | *The geometric mean of a data set {a1,a2 ...,an} is given by: |
| − | [PI(){i=1 to n} ai] ^{1/n} = sqrt[n]{a1, a2 ... an}.
| + | <math>{\prod_{i=1}^n ai}^{\frac{1}{n}} = \sqrt[n]{a1, a2 ... an}</math> |
| | *This function will give the result as error when | | *This function will give the result as error when |
| − | #Any one of the argument is nonnumeric
| + | 1.Any one of the argument is non-numeric |
| − | #Any one value<=0
| + | 2.Any one <math>value \le 0</math> |
| − | #Any one of the references cannot be translated in to numbers.
| + | 3.Any one of the references cannot be translated in to numbers. |
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| | ==Examples== | | ==Examples== |