Find the geometric mean of 24 and 32

27√39

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the geometric mean we need to first of all multiply 24 and 32 and take the square root of it (i.e. 24*32 is 768, √768 is 27.712). However, in this case, we need to represent the answer in a simplified surd. To do this we need to find the highest possible perfect square that is below 768. Here it is 27 because 27*27 equals 729. Now we can go ahead and subtract 768 by 729. We get 39. So now we got two different surds. √729 and √39. We can simplify the √729 to 27. Thus our answer is the combination of both 27*√39 or 27√39.

{x = -1/2 ,   y = -1

step-by-step explanation:

solve the following system:

{2 x + y = -2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

in the first equation, look to solve for y:

{2 x + y = -2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

subtract 2 x from both sides:

{y = -2 x - 2

{10 x - 3 y = -2

substitute y = -2 x - 2 into the second equation:

{y = -2 x - 2

{10 x - 3 (-2 x - 2) = -2

10 x - 3 (-2 x - 2) = (6 x + 6) + 10 x = 16 x + 6:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x + 6 = -2

in the second equation, look to solve for x:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x + 6 = -2

subtract 6 from both sides:

{y = -2 x - 2

{16 x = -8

divide both sides by 16:

{y = -2 x - 2

{x = -1/2

substitute x = -1/2 into the first equation:

{y = -1

{x = -1/2

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answer:   {x = -1/2 ,   y = -1