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Since the harmonic mean is <math>2</math> times their product divided by their sum, we get the equation | Since the harmonic mean is <math>2</math> times their product divided by their sum, we get the equation | ||
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Problem
The harmonic mean of two numbers can be calculated as twice their product divided by their sum. The harmonic mean of 
and 
is closest to which integer?
Solution
By: dragonfly
Since the harmonic mean is 
times their product divided by their sum, we get the equation
which is then
which is finally closest to 
.
See Also
| 2016 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 1 |
Followed by Problem 3 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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