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Also known as sublime triangle, triangle sublime

isosceles triangle in which the duplicated side is in the golden ratio to the distinct side

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Encyclopedic overview

A golden triangle. a/b is the golden ratio φ. The vertex angle θ is 36°. Base angles are 72° each. Golden gnomon. Side lengths are in the proportions 1 : 1 : φ. A golden triangle, also called a sublime triangle, is an isosceles triangle in which the duplicated side is in the golden ratio

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “golden triangle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.