document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=147114>Question 147114</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Golden Ratio: 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 8 to 5, the golden ration. If the length of a rectangular painting is 2 ft longer that it's width, then for what dimensions would the length and the width have the golden ratio?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "length = 2 + x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Length / Width = Length / Width<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2 + x) / x = 8 / 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 + 5x = 8x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 = 3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10/3 = x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "width = x = 10/3 ft<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length = 2 + x = 2 + 10/3 = 16/3 ft </SPAN>\n" );
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