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Problem

The harmonic mean of a set of non-zero numbers is the reciprocal of the average of the reciprocals of the numbers. What is the harmonic mean of 1, 2, and 4?

$\textbf{(A) }\frac{3}{7}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{7}{12}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{12}{7}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{7}{4}\qquad \textbf{(E) }\frac{7}{3}$

Solution

The sum of the reciprocals is $\frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4}= \frac{7}{4}$. Their average is $\frac{7}{12}$. Taking the reciprocal of this gives $\boxed{\textbf{(C) }\frac{12}{7}}$.

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See Also

2018 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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