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The ancient Greeks thought that the most pleasing shape for a rectangle was one for which the ratio of the length to the width wa
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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 approximately 8 to 5, the golden ratio. If the length of a rectangular painting is 2 ft longer than its width, then for what dimensions would the length and width have the golden ratio?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How does this relate to statistics or probability?
l/w=8/5
l=w+2
(w+2)/w=8/5
5*(w+2)=8w
5w+10=8w
10=3w
10/3=w
6/3+10/3=16/3 for length and 10/3 for width
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