Explore BrainMass

Explore BrainMass

    Golden ratio

    Not what you're looking for? Search our solutions OR ask your own Custom question.

    This content was COPIED from BrainMass.com - View the original, and get the already-completed solution here!

    The Golden Ratio. The ancient Greeks thought that the most pleasing shape for a rectangle was one for which the ratio of the length to the width was 8 to 5, the golden ratio. If the length of a rectangular painting is 2 ft longer than the width, then for what dimensions would the length and width have the golden ratio?
    Let x= width, and x+2 the length

    See Attached for equation

    © BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com March 6, 2023, 1:25 pm ad1c9bdddf
    https://brainmass.com/math/consumer-mathematics/golden-ratio-23307

    Attachments

    Solution Summary

    This shows how to work with the golden ratio in a geometry problem.

    $2.49

    ADVERTISEMENT