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Recent Examples of arithmetic mean
How To Apply The Metrics Each axis is scored on a 1-10 scale, and the composite score is the arithmetic mean.
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Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
And would that be the arithmetic mean, or the geometric mean?
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2010
To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
Ranjeet Mudholkar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
And would that be the arithmetic mean, or the geometric mean?
—Sean Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2010
To find the median of an even number of values, take the middle two and then find the pair's arithmetic mean of those two.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arithmetic mean
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Machado, now 21 months removed from elbow surgery, is batting .293, 13 percentage points above his career average.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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The state average was up $0.20 per gallon early in the week before easing down to $0.06 by the weekend, according to AAA – The Auto Club Group.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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What was once perceived as a temporary fix may, however, prove to be the golden mean.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
21 June 2025
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The outsize date complication, meanwhile, has come to define Lange’s aesthetic, but its positioning on the dial is equally important: Located at 1 o’clock, its window is proportioned according to the golden mean of 1.618 and is machined from the same metal as the watch case.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
17 Oct. 2024
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