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.

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Question 914324: 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.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Divine Proportions: phi+=+%281+%2B+sqrt%285%29%29%2F2 = 1.618034
20in%281.618034%29 = 32in high (nearest inch)