An alternative way to write the formula is X1 x X2. The geometric mean is used to tackle continuous data series which the arithmetic mean is unable to accurately reflect. Where n is number of numbers and X1Xn are the numbers from the first to the n-th.
Arithmetic mean of 2 and 32 2 32 2 17 2 32 2 17.
Thus the formula for geometric mean is as in the below image- Image to be added soon. The geometric mean is used to tackle continuous data series which the arithmetic mean is unable to accurately reflect. The mean proportional of two positive numbers a and b will e the positive number x so that. A common example when the geometric mean is use is when averaging growth rates.