SOLUTION: Golden painting. An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width? Formula: L/W = W

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Question 329351: Golden painting. An artist wants her painting to be in the shape of a golden rectangle. If the length of the painting is 36 inches, then what should be the width?
Formula: L/W = W/L-W Formula is in fractions.
Answer by galactus(183) About Me  (Show Source):
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You could plug in L=36 into the formula and solve for W, but the easiest would be to multiply 36 by %28sqrt%285%29-1%29%2F2
This gives 18%28sqrt%285%29-1%29=22.25