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Length B = 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34

Width A= 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21


B/A = 1.5, 1.6667, 1.6, 1.625, 1.615, 1.619


How do the ratios above compare to the golden ratio?

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Answer: the ratios go getting closer and closer to the golden ratio.

If you extend the sequences:

A = 2,3,5,8,13,21, 34, 55, ...

B = 3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89

And the next ratios B/A are:

55/34 = 1.617647

89/55 = 1.6181818

The golden ratio is an irrational number, which means that it has infinite decimal digits not periodic.

Given a segment of length z = x + y, the golden ration is defined in this way: split the segment into two segments, one of length x and the other of length y. If x divided y is equal to z divided by x, then z / x is the golden ratio.

This is the expression, that represents the definition and permits to calculate it::

z x
Golden ratio, G = ---- = ---------
x y

Given that z = x + y =>

x + y x
G = ------- = -----
x y

x y
=> G = ----- + ---
x x

=> G = 1 + 1 / G

=> G^2 = G + 1

=> G^2 - G - 1 = 0

Using the quadratic formula you get:

1 +/- √ 1 - (4)(1)(-1) ] 1 +/- √5
G = ---------------------------- = ----------
2(1) 2

Taknig the positive solution: G = [1 + √5] / 2 = 1.618033988749....
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