Number of months Number of pairs of rabbits Total number of rabbits

1 1 2
2 1 2
3 2 4
n 𝐹𝑛 2𝐹𝑛
m+n 𝐹𝑚+𝑛
𝑇𝑚+𝑛 = 2𝐹𝑚+𝑛
m+n+1 𝑇𝑚+𝑛+1 𝑇𝑚+𝑛+1 = 2𝐹𝑚+𝑛+1
𝐹𝑚+𝑛+1 =
2
18 2584 5168
15 610 1220

5168
𝐼𝑓 𝑇 = 5168, 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠? 𝐹18 = = 2584
2

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,377,610,Type equation here.987,1597,2584,…

𝐼𝑓 𝐹𝑛 =
610, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠? 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠?

𝑛 = 15, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 15𝑡ℎ 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑟 15 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠, 𝑇 = 2(610) = 1220

What is the golden ratio?

• A number with a value of 1.6180339887…

How to obtain the golden ratio number?

Answer:
𝐹𝑛
1) lim𝑛→∞ = 1.6180339887
𝐹𝑛−1
1+√5
2) 𝜑 = = 1.6180339887 …
2

1+√5
Derivation of 𝜑 =
2

Considering a certain segment

𝑎 𝑏

Taking the ratio of longer cut to the shorter cut, we have

𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
,
𝑏 𝑎

Taking the proportion,

𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
=
𝑏 𝑎
Simplifying right side of the equation, we have

𝑎 𝑏
=1+
𝑏 𝑎
𝑎 1
=1+ 𝑎
𝑏
𝑏

𝑎
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝜑 = , 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
𝑏
1
We have 𝜑 =1+
𝜑

Solving for 𝜑, 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎

𝜑+1
𝜑=
𝜑
𝜑2 = 𝜑 + 1
𝜑2 − 𝜑 − 1 = 0 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛
Apply quadratic formula to find 𝜑
−𝑏±√𝑏2 −4𝑎𝑐
𝑥=
2𝑎

From the equation, 𝑎 = 1, 𝑏 = −1, 𝑐 = −1

−(−1)±√(−1)2 −4(1)(−1) 1±√5
𝜑= = 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒
2(1) 2

𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑡, 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒

1+√5
𝜑=
2