SOLUTION: erich@barcoscomputer.com is asking: using the rule of the golden cut when one side of the house is 50 ft long what is the length of the other side?

Question 262903: erich@barcoscomputer.com is asking: using the rule of the golden cut when one side of the house is 50 ft long what is the length of the other side?
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The golden cut or rule is a number. This number is ~ 1.618 and can be found after factoring the following quadratic:
x^2 - 1x - 1 = 0
The two answers are:

this gives us the decimals
x ~ 1.618
or
x ~ -.618
If one side of a house is 50 ft. then the other side would be
50*1.618 = 80.902
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