SOLUTION: Golden painting. An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width?

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Question 398904: Golden painting. An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width?
Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A golden rectangle is one whose side are in the golden ratio: approximately .
if length is and width is , then you have

given:
the length of the painting is
....cross multiply






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