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Geometric mean scales linearly not by a square root

The geometric mean of 100 observations is 25. If each observation is multiplied by 4, what will be the new geometric mean?

  1. A.100✓ Correct
  2. B.50
  3. C.25
  4. D.(25×4)^(1/2)

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests execution slip.

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The idea was right. The computation was not.

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