THE GOLDEN

RATIO
GRACE C. BINGHAM

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THE FIBONACCI SEQUENCE

Is a sequence of numbers found by adding the last two numbers to find

the next number in the sequence.

Usually starts at 0 and 1

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610..

987
!

So the next number, x17, in this sequence would be 377 + 610 =

If we were to make this into a formula it would be:

xn= xn-1+ xn-2

NAUTILUS SEA SHELL

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THE GOLDEN SPIRAL

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WHAT IS THE GOLDEN RATIO?

The golden ratio is an
irrational number
1.61803398874

Just keeps going

without a pattern
Represented by

Number

1/Number

Add 1

1/2=0.5

0.5+1=1.5

1.5

1/1.5 = 0.666...

0.666... + 1 =
1.666...

1.666...

1/1.666... = 0.6

0.6 + 1 = 1.6

1.6

1/1.6 = 0.625

0.625 + 1 = 1.625

1.625

1/1.625 =
0.6154...

0.6154... + 1 =
1.6154...

1.6154..
.

THE GOLDEN ANGLE AND PHI

222.5

360 - 222.5 =
137.5 (Golden

https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/golden-ratio.html
http://gofiguremath.org/natures-favorite-math/the-golden-ratio/the-gold
https://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/nature-golden-ratio-fibonacci.htm

MORE EXAMPLES

http://gofiguremath.org/natures-favorite-math/the-golden-ratio/the-gold

EXCEPTIONS
Not everything grows with a Fibonacci
sequence
Lucas Numbers
Usually starts at 2 and 1
1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, 76, 123, ...
Hormones

CONCLUSION

The group effort of botanists, biochemists,

mathematicians, and many other fields made this
discovery possible. The research is never over.
The common denominator is how things grow, it has to be
this way
November 23rd is Fibonacci Day!

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