Your using the distributive property in your example, hope that helps.
5 times 3 times 8 is the correct answer, because it's like finding the volume.<span />
If you multiply 48cm times 15cm,you get 720cm.Which would leave you with 60 left because 780 minus 720 equals 60.The height of the other base is 60cm.
Using the geometric mean concept, it is found that the value of a is 18.
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The geometric mean, of a data-set of n elements,
, is given by:
![G = \sqrt[n]{n_1 \times n_2 \times ... \times n_n}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=G%20%3D%20%5Csqrt%5Bn%5D%7Bn_1%20%5Ctimes%20n_2%20%5Ctimes%20...%20%5Ctimes%20n_n%7D)
That is, the nth root of the multiplication of all elements.
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In this question:
- Two elements(n = 2), a and 34.

Thus:

We find the square of each side, so:


Simplifying both sides by 17:



The value of a is 18.
A similar example is given at brainly.com/question/15010240