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General Test Question ID: 21280721790

Claimed answer:21280787159
Let a and b be the two numbers.
The arithmetic mean is 34.
a+b
2 = 34
a + b = 68
b = 68 − a
The geometric mean is 16.
√
pab = 16
a(68 − a) = 16
68a − a2 = 256
a2 − 68a + 256
(a − 64)(a − 4)
a = 64 or a = 4 so the numbers are 4 and 64.

Given answer:21280787160
The
√ geometric mean of 40 and 28 cannot be 16 as in the given answer.
40 × 28 = 33.466 ̸= 16

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English Question ID:21280721758
In the question, both drop in (option id 21280787030) and drop by (option id
21280787031) can be used interchangeably.
Here are the supporting meanings from various sources.

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