SOLUTION: is a tennis court a golden rectangle?

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Question 242117: is a tennis court a golden rectangle?
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A golden rectangle has a length to width proportion of or approximately . The only thing about a tennis court that is even close is the service box which is 13.5 feet by 21 feet -- and that misses a golden rectangle by nearly a foot. 13.5 feet by 21.848 feet is what it would have to be.


John