SOLUTION: 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 123333: 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 stanbon(48568) (Show Source):
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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?
The golden ratio is 1/1.618
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Let width be "x" inches.
x/36 = 1/1.168
x = 36/1.168
x = 30.8219 inches (this could be the width)
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OR
x/36 = 1.168/1
x = 36*1.168
x = 42.048 inches (this could be the width)
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Stan H.