An elliptical lyrical style is absolutely essential during an election year or a corruption trial
Depicted above is an ellipse within a golden rectangle.
The ellipse is tangent to all sides of the golden rectangle.
The ellipse has an area of 79972.3825898 square meters.
Find the area A of the golden rectangle.
A = _________ square meters.
First correct answer received at [email protected] wins a gift card worth a lot of ice cream at Tucker’s Ice Cream of Alameda.
The correct answer to last week’s puzzle was x = 2. Last week’s winner was Alvin Mao.
Please note: If you use AI to solve this puzzle, do not submit your response.
Jeff Smith is a former Math teacher and a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander. Reach him at [email protected].
