stephobell1 Posted July 30, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 18 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/03/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1994 Share Posted July 30, 2010 To all those "geeks" out there that are trying to make me more geeky, I have decided that it would be a good idea to have a topis just for homework... Maybe if we keep it all in here, it will be less confusing for the worthy family.. So.... Lets get started ay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~candice~ Posted July 30, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 5 Topic Count: 955 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 11,318 Content Per Day: 1.89 Reputation: 448 Days Won: 33 Joined: 12/16/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted July 30, 2010 Sis, it's 9 am on a saturday morning. I don't know if even I am geeky enough for this (PS what's the golden ratio, and how is it related to fibonacci's sequence ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorningGlory Posted July 30, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1,022 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 39,193 Content Per Day: 6.09 Reputation: 9,977 Days Won: 78 Joined: 10/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted July 30, 2010 You poor little things! I'm just looking in and being grateful that I left homework behind me years ago! Carry on..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephobell1 Posted July 31, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 18 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/03/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1994 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Sis, it's 9 am on a saturday morning. I don't know if even I am geeky enough for this (PS what's the golden ratio, and how is it related to fibonacci's sequence ) did you write in in white thinking I wasnt geeky enough to read it missy?? The Golden Ratio The golden ratio is a special number approximately equal to 1.6180339887498948482. We use the Greek letter Phi to refer to this ratio. Like Pi, the digits of the Golden Ratio go on forever without repeating. It is often better to use its exact value: 1 + sqrt{5} ------------ 2 The Golden Rectangle A Golden Rectangle is a rectangle in which the ratio of the length to the width is the Golden Ratio. In other words, if one side of a Golden Rectangle is 2 ft. long, the other side will be approximately equal to 2 * (1.62) = 3.24. Now that you know a little about the Golden Ratio and the Golden Rectangle, let's look a little deeper. Take a line segment and label its two endpoints A and C. Now put a point B between A and C so that the ratio of the short part of the segment (AB) to the long part (BC) equals the ratio of the long part (BC) to the entire segment (AC): The ratio of the lengths of the two parts of this segment is the Golden Ratio. In an equation, we have AB BC ---- = ---- . BC AC Now we're ready for the definition of the Golden Ratio. The Golden Ratio is the ratio of BC to AB. If we set the value of AB to be 1, and use x to represent the length of BC, then 1 x - = ----- . x 1 + x If we solve this equation for x, we'll find that it is the value given above, (1+sqrt{5})/2, which is about 1.62. If you have a Golden Rectangle and you cut a square off it so that what remains is a rectangle, that remaining rectangle will also be a Golden Rectangle. You can keep cutting these squares off and getting smaller and smaller Golden Rectangles. Fibonacci Sequence In the Fibonacci Sequence (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...), each term is the sum of the two previous terms (for instance, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, ...). As you go farther and farther to the right in this sequence, the ratio of a term to the one before it will get closer and closer to the Golden Ratio. With the Fibonacci Sequence you can do the opposite of what we described above for the Golden Rectangle. Start with a square and add a square of the same size to form a new rectangle. Continue adding squares whose sides are the length of the longer side of the rectangle; the longer side will always be a successive Fibonacci number. Eventually the large rectangle formed will look like a Golden Rectangle - the longer you continue, the closer it will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted July 31, 2010 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,799 Content Per Day: 6.19 Reputation: 11,244 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 31, 2010 Ewww math heresy. Boot boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephobell1 Posted July 31, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 18 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/03/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1994 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Ewww math heresy. Boot boot. hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 1, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted August 1, 2010 What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy movie? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy TV series? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy book? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephobell1 Posted August 1, 2010 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 37 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 86 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 18 Days Won: 2 Joined: 07/03/2010 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1994 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy movie? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy TV series? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy book? hmmm. dont think I can do this homework I dont read or watch sci-fi/fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted August 1, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 542 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 33,054 Content Per Day: 5.05 Reputation: 23,882 Days Won: 238 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted August 1, 2010 excuses excuses ...I dont use algebra but I still had to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 1, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted August 1, 2010 What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy movie? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy TV series? What is your favorite sci-fi/fantasy book? hmmm. dont think I can do this homework I dont read or watch sci-fi/fantasy Oh dear . . . a geek who isn't into sci-fi/fantasy. OK, your homework assignment, then, is to go to the library and check out J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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