A silver lining? (H) Consider the diagonal in the Golden Rectangle shown here and draw in the largest square possible. Notice that one edge of the square cuts the diagonal into two pieces. What is the ratio of the length of the entire diagonal to the length of the part of the diagonal that is inside the square? That is, compute the length of the entire diagonal divided by the length of the part of the diagonal that is inside the square. Surprised?
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