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On the left is the area in which you will be creating your golden spiral. We've already started you off by placing the first two squares and drawing a red curve to show the direction of the spiral. Each of the squares is 1x1, representing the first two numbers in the Fibonacci series. Remember the sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...

Now what?

Choose where to place the next square in the sequence, a 2x2 square, by clicking on "Above," "Left," "Right," or "Below." You want to place it so that the curve drawn through the squares will continue to form the spiral of the seashell.

Will you place it above, to the left of, to the right of, or below the other squares?

Hint: Place the new square so that it touches a combination of squares whose total lengths add up to the length of the new square.

 

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