To find the geometric mean of a pair of numbers, we need to multiply the numbers together and then take the square root of the product. In this case, we are given the pair of numbers 7 and 8.
1. Multiply the numbers together: 7 * 8 = 56.
2. Take the square root of the product: √56.
Now, let's simplify the square root of 56:
- 56 can be factored into 2 * 2 * 14.
- Taking the square root, we can simplify it as 2√14.
Therefore, the geometric mean of the numbers 7 and 8 is 2√14.