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Rosetta: Averages/Pythagorean means

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> Compute all three of the Pythagorean means of the set of
> integers 1 through 10 (inclusive).
> 
> The most common of the three means, the arithmetic mean, is
> the sum of the list divided by its length
> 
> The geometric mean is the n th root of the product of the list
> 
> The harmonic mean is n divided by the sum of the reciprocal of
> each item in the list


r = 1..10
n = r.size.to_f
puts "Values relate correctly." if
  [(r.reduce :+) / n,
   (r.reduce :*)**(1/n),
   n / r.reduce(0){|s,i| s+1.0/i}].
  tap{|a| p a}.each_cons(2).all?{|a,b| a>=b}

 ===>
[5.5, 4.528728688116765, 3.414171521474055]
Values relate correctly.


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