Harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

Harmonic mean is the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of:
A. Logarithms of observations
B. Squares of observations
C. Observations themselves
D. Reciprocals of observations
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
HM = 1 / [ (1/n) Σ (1/x_i) ].

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