SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP ME ! if the long side of a golden rectangle is 26 cm, what is the area ?

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Question 314121: PLEASE HELP ME !
if the long side of a golden rectangle is 26 cm, what is the area ?
Answer by nerdybill(7384) About Me  (Show Source):
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if the long side of a golden rectangle is 26 cm, what is the area ?
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Golden ratio: %281%2F2%29%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29
Let w = width
then
%281%2F2%29%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29w+=+26
+%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29w+=+52
+w+=+52%2F%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29
+w+=+16.07+ cm
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Therefore the area is
width*length = 16.07*26 = 417.8 cubic cm