| Subject | Re: Geometric average | 
|---|---|
| Author | Svein Erling Tysvær | 
| Post date | 2004-09-07T07:56:39Z | 
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Steffen Heil" wrote:
3*4/2 = 12/2 = 6. What he is asking for is 12 to the power of 1/2,
which is around 3.46 according to my calculator.
Not that I know enough maths to know how this is useful...
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            > HINot quite, suppose you have two numbers - 3 & 4, then your code does
>
> > Sorry, the expression was not well. So the correct expression is:
> > Geometric average = (v1*v2*v3...vn) ^(1/n)
>
> Thats what my code does...
3*4/2 = 12/2 = 6. What he is asking for is 12 to the power of 1/2,
which is around 3.46 according to my calculator.
Not that I know enough maths to know how this is useful...
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