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Wolfram Math World: Golden Ratio ActivityWolfram Math World: Golden Ratio Activity
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Wolfram Research
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9th - 10th
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Wolfram Math World: Golden Ratio

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Math World explains the Golden Ratio, gives the formula for finding the irrational number, and expresses this value as an infinite series. Also defines and represents the Ratio geometrically, its relationship to the Fibonacci numbers, and much more.

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Concepts

golden ratio

Additional Tags

divine proportion, golden rectangle, golden section, golden triangle, euclidean algorithm

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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