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The early Greeks believed that the most pleasing of all rectangles were golden rectangles,...

The early Greeks believed that the most pleasing of all rectangles were golden rectangles, whose ratio of width to height is

The Parthenon at Athens fits into a golden rectangle once the triangular pediment is reconstructed.

Rationalize the denominator of the golden ratio. Then use a calculator and find the ratio of width to height, correct to the nearest hundredth, in golden rectangles.

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