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Old 06-30-2013, 11:33 PM   #170 (permalink)
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Arithmancy homework! Alice still had hers to do, so she wandered down to the duck pond after dinner and searched for some conch shells in the muck. The golden ratio was definitely present in that, she knew, but not where. Maybe once she actually found the shells, she'd remember. The fifth year began digging around in an area closer to the water, and when she finally stumbled upon a shell. It didn't have spirals, though, so she kept looking until she found one that was exactly how she needed.

It took a while, but after going over her textbook and what phi meant again, she formed a valid explanation. Actually, you know what? She would measure the spirals, too, just to make sure.

And they were proportional yay first item done.

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The first item I found was a conch shell, which I located in the duck pond. The spirals on it, I think they're proportional to the smaller ones that come after it. I tried that theory out and measured the spirals, and it turns out that the ratio of the diameter of each one to the next tinier spiral IS phi.

Now.. library next, yeah?
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