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HARMEAN

This function returns the harmonic mean of a data set.

Syntax

HARMEAN(number1, [number2], ...)

Arguments

This function has these arguments:

Argument

Description

number1, number2, ...

Number1 is required, subsequent numbers are optional. 1 to 255 arguments for which you want to calculate the mean. You can also use a single array or a reference to an array instead of arguments separated by commas.

Remarks

The harmonic mean is always less than the geometric mean, which is always less than the arithmetic mean.

The equation for this function is:


Examples

HARMEAN(F1:F9)

HARMEAN(R1C6:R9C6)

HARMEAN(35,31,47,51,37,31,58,39) gives the result 39.2384929823