mean proportional
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mean proportional
First recorded in 1565–75
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Then x - 5 is a mean proportional between x - 9 and x, from which we find that x equals 25.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
Was his confounding two mean proportionals with one mean proportional found twice over a trick of the same intent? if so, it beats cockfighting.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by David Eugene Smith
Each of the other sides is the mean proportional between the hypotenuse and the segment of the hypotenuse adjacent to that side.
From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith
Find a mean proportional between 4 and 16; 18 and 50; and 3.
From A Review of Algebra by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg
We then find the mean proportional between the length HD and the height of the parallelogram.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney
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