Question
Which mean is appropriate for combining positive multiplicative growth factors over equal periods into one equivalent constant growth factor?
The correct answer is
Geometric Mean
The geometric mean gives the equivalent constant multiplier for a sequence of positive multiplicative factors. For growth rates, apply it to the factors1+r and subtract1 to recover the compound average rate. Other rate-averaging problems can instead require an arithmetic or harmonic mean.
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