document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=454827>Question 454827</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the Golden Ratio is 1.618 and you have a piece of cardboard that is 7/8 feet wide. How long should you cut so it follows the golden ratio?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "7/8= .875 and the Golden ratio= 1.618. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need help setting up the problem correctly, as well as how to solve, please I have tried everything I can think of. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #312251 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><B>Gogonati(855)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Gogonati><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=312251\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The Golden ratio is the ratio length/width of a rectangular, in our case:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=L%2FW=1.618 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"L%2FW=1.618\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Let's = X the length of the cardboard,  since the width of the \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "cardboard is W=0.875, we write:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.618=X%2F0.875 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.618=X%2F0.875\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >=><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=1.618%2A0.875 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=1.618%2A0.875\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=X=1.416 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"X=1.416\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > ft.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:The length of the cardboard is 1.416 ft. </SPAN>\n" );
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