Ah, those Greeks with their horse and the Golden Rectangles
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A classical Golden Rectangle is inscribed within a 30°-60°-90° triangle.
Two vertices of the rectangle are tangent to the legs of the triangle.
The area of the Golden Rectangle is 981.1242288896 square meters.
Find the area A of the entire 30°-60°-90° triangle.
First correct answer received at [email protected] [2] wins a Tucker’s ice cream gift card.
Last week’s winner [3] was John Lovato with A = 77.47 square centimeters.
Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected] [2].