SOLUTION: If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions? The canvas is higher than it is wide. A) 34 i

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Question 800837: If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions? The canvas is higher than it is wide.
A) 34 inches
B) 33 inches
C) 65 inches
D) 12 inches
E) 32 inches

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If a canvas for a painting is 20 inches wide, how high should it be, to the nearest inch, to be a rectangle with divine proportions?
The canvas is higher than it is wide.
:
The golden ratio:
h = .5%281%2Bsqrt%285%29%29%2A20
h = 32.36 inches high