Euclid's Extreme and Mean Ratio
    (Last modified: Thursday, February 8, 2007, 10:16 AM )



    According to Euclid,

    A straight line is said to have been cut in extreme and mean ratio when, as the whole line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the lesser.


    Finding the Golden Ratio from a line cut in Mean and Extreme Ratio


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