SOLUTION: If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions? The canvas is higher than it is wide. A) 34 i

Question 800837: If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions? The canvas is higher than it is wide.
A) 34 inches
B) 33 inches
C) 65 inches
D) 12 inches
E) 32 inches
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions?
The canvas is higher than it is wide.
:
The golden ratio:
h =
h = 32.36 inches high
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