Is it possible to calculate the arithmetic mean from the geometric mean?

Unfortunately the AM-GM inequality is the best you can do. If your data is $\{x,\frac{1}{x}\}$ the geometric mean will be $1$, yet you can make your arithmetic mean any value in $[1,+\infty)$ by choosing $x$ large enough.


Since the geometric mean for both $(2,2)$ and $(1,4)$ is $2$, while the arithmetic means are $2$ and $2.5$, the answer is a clear no. The only thing you can say is that the geometric mean is smaller or equal to the arithmetic.


You can use the A.M. - G.M. inequality which is as follows- $$\frac{x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n}{n}\ge\sqrt[\large n]{x_1\cdot x_2\cdots x_n}$$

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