Golden Ratio
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The golden ratio, also known as the divine proportion, golden mean, or golden section, is a number often encountered when taking the ratios of distances in simple geometric figures such as the pentagon , pentagram , decagon and dodecahedron . It is denoted , or sometimes
A golden rectangle with longer side a and shorter side b , when placed adjacent to a square with sides of length a , will produce a similar golden rectangle with longer side a + b and shorter side a . This illustrates the relationship .
The digits just keep on going, with no pattern. In fact the Golden Ratio is known to be an Irrational Number , and I will tell you more about it later. It is getting closer and closer!