SOLUTION: The length of a golden rectangle is approximentaly 1.6 times the width.Find the dimensions of a golden rectangle if its area is 9000m2

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Question 251039: The length of a golden rectangle is approximentaly 1.6 times the width.Find the dimensions of a golden rectangle if its area is 9000m2
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Let represent the width. Then is the length (if you are using 1.6 as an approximation of the golden ratio). The area is the length times the width, so the area as a function of the width is given by:



Substitute the given value for the area:



And solve for to get the width in meters. Multiply your result for the width times 1.6 to get the length.


John