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A golden rectangle is a rectangle where the ratio of the length of the short side to the length of the long side is proportional to the ratio of the length of the long side to the length of the short side plus the length of the long side.
It is said to have the "most pleasing" shape or proportion of any rectangle.
The math is like this, with the short side = s and the long side = l :
s/l = l/s+l
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In ratio terms, the Golden Rectangle has a width/height ratio of 1.618/1.
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What is the Golden Rectangle?
The Golden Rectangle is a geometrical figure whose side lengths are in the golden ratio. It can be made with only a compass and a straight edge.
What are the dimensions for the Golden Rectangle?
1 to phi
In a golden rectangle the ratio of the length to the width equals the ratio of the length plus width to the length find the golden ration?
1+ square root of 5 over 2 not positive
What is one third of a rectangle?
If you split a rectangle into three parts one of those halves is a third of a rectangle.
What are the 4 quadrilaterals that have 2 pairs of parallel sides?
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Who constructed the golden rectangle?
when golden rectangle constructed?
What does a golden rectangle have to do with phi?
phi is incorperated into the golden rectangle, because if you divide the longer side of the golden rectangle by the shorter sid, the answer will be phi.(1.168...)
Was Euclid the one who constructed the golden rectangle?
Euclid was the one to construct the golden rectangle
When creating a Golden Spiral each successive division of a Golden Rectangle into a square and a smaller Golden Rectangle is called an iteration?
true
Is there a golden pentagon if there's a golden rectangle?
No, there's no golden pentagon.
What do you conclude by golden ratio and golden rectangle?
conclusion
What is the Golden Rectangle?
The Golden Rectangle is a geometrical figure whose side lengths are in the golden ratio. It can be made with only a compass and a straight edge.
What the golden rectangle?
The Golden Rectangle is a geometrical figure whose side lengths are in the golden ratio. It can be made with only a compass and a straight edge.
How is golden ratio used in architecture?
In italy, the Pantheon, however has the golden ratio. Its pillars below the roof is a rectangle, the golden rectangle, on the roof (top part) is a triangle, the golden triangle.
Where are golden rectangles used in architecture?
The Golden Rectangle was believed to be founded by Pythagoras. The Golden Rectangle was used for many Greek Buildings such as the Parthenon, and the Villa Stein.
Is a dollar bill a golden rectangle?
No, it is not.
How do you find the measures of an golden rectangle?
The golden rectangle ratio: 1:(1 + the square root of 5) over 2 or about 1.618
