Practice question · Numerical answer
A canvas is 100 cm wide. How far from the left edge, in centimetres, does the golden-section division nearer that edge fall?
Hints
- Divide 100 by 1.618 to get the larger part.
- The larger part measured from the right leaves the smaller part on the left.
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38.2 (answers within ±0.6 count)
Why
38.2 cm. Dividing 100 by 1.618 gives 61.8, the larger part, so the nearer division sits at 100 minus 61.8. The two golden verticals are therefore at 38.2 and 61.8, straddling the centre almost as tightly as the thirds do.
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