This calculator determines missing segments using the geometric mean. In every right triangle a leg a or b is the geometric mean between the hypotenuse c and the projection of that leg on it n or m. You get geometric mean by multiplying numbers together and then finding the nth n t h root of the numbers such that the nth n t h root is equal to the amount of numbers you multiplied.
Geometric mean involves roots and multiplication not addition and division.
In every right triangle a leg a or b is the geometric mean between the hypotenuse c and the projection of that leg on it n or m. 2 4 x 2. If we in the following triangle draw the altitude from the vertex of the right angle then the two triangles that are formed are similar to the triangle we had from the beginning. To calculate the geometric mean we take their product instead.