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  • Two Trees
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    Two trees

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Two trees 20 metres and 30 metres long, lean across a passageway between two vertical walls. They cross at a point 8 metres above the ground. What is the distance between the foot of the trees?

  • Golden Ratio
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    Golden ratio

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Solve an equation involving the Golden Ratio phi where the unknown occurs as a power of phi.