Project 6.9
In Example 2 Section 6.6, we assumed the width of the Parthenon to be 101 ft and found
the height to be 62.4 (assuming the golden ratio). If you worked Problem 8, you assumed the height
to be 60 ft and found the width using the golden ratio to be 97 ft. Are the numbers from Example 2
and from Problem 8 consistent? Can you draw any conclusions?
George Markowsky, "Misconceptions About the Golden Ratio," The
College Mathematics Journal, January 1992.
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