document.write( "Question 343351: Throughout history, rectangles whose length is 1.62 times the width called golden rectangles have been pleasing to the eye. An Artist wants a piece of canvas in the shape of a golden rectangle with a perimeter of 9 feet. Find the length and the width. \n" ); document.write( "
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length is 1.62 times the width called golden rectangles have been pleasing to the eye.
\n" ); document.write( "An Artist wants a piece of canvas in the shape of a golden rectangle with a perimeter of 9 feet.
\n" ); document.write( " Find the length and the width.
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\n" ); document.write( "Perimeter equation
\n" ); document.write( "2L + 2W = 9
\n" ); document.write( "simplify, divide by 2
\n" ); document.write( "L + W = 4.5
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\n" ); document.write( "Given that:
\n" ); document.write( "L = 1.62W
\n" ); document.write( "therefore
\n" ); document.write( "1.62W + W = 4.5
\n" ); document.write( "2.62W = 4.5
\n" ); document.write( "W = \"4.5%2F2.62\"
\n" ); document.write( "W = 1.72 ft
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "1.62(1.72) = 2.78 ft is the length
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\n" ); document.write( "Check these dimensions by finding the perimeter
\n" ); document.write( "2(2.78) + 2(1.72) =
\n" ); document.write( "5.56 + 3.44 = 9; confirms our solution: L = 2.78, W = 1.72 \n" ); document.write( "
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