Geometric Mean
The 'Geometric Mean', defined and illustrated.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-08-06-which-mean-do-you-mean--geometric-mean/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Geometric Mean: product of data, to the nth root. A: "Wait, we lost 28%… then we gained 28%… and somehow that's an average loss of 4%?" B: "Sure, the mean of 1.28 and 0.72 is 0.96. Everyone knows that."