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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: 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? This question is from textbook Elementry and Intermediate algebra

Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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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Golden Ratio: (1+sqrt5)/2 or 1.1618033988...
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If length is 36 inches width could be
36*(GR)= 41.825 inches.
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or it could be
36/GR= 30.986 inches
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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