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What is the definition of the golden ratio?
Given two quantities, when the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one is equal to the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger one, then the ratio is said to be the golden (or divine) ratio. Said another way, given two quantities (a and b), a is to b as a plus b is to a. Expressed symbolically: a : b :: a + b : a Expressed algebraically, it looks like this: a/b = (a + b)/a, where a > b. The golden ratio is approximately 1.6180339887.
Does ratio mean division?
Yes. If each of a and b is a number and b is not zero, the ratio of a to b, often written as a:b, = a/b.
What are the values of a and b given that y plus 4x equals 11 is the perpendicular bisector equation of the line joining a 2 to 6 b?
Their values work out as: a = -2 and b = 4
What is the ratio of a to b?
wat is the ratio of a and b
What are two different size squares that the ratio of their perimeters is the same as the ratio of their areas?
Assume square A with side a; square B with side b. Perimeter of A is 4a; area of A is a2. Perimeter of B is 4b; area of B is b2. Given the ratio of the perimeters equals the ratio of the areas, then 4a/4b = a2/b2; a/b = a2/b2 By cross-multiplication we get: ab2 = a2b Dividing both sides by ab we get: b = a This tells us that squares whose ratio of their perimeters equals the ratio of their areas have equal-length sides. (Side a of Square A = side b of Square B.) This appears to show, if not prove, that there are not two different-size squares meeting the condition.
