Fractal Fraction Fact
Four escalating wordplay panels: a fraction, a continued fraction for the golden ratio, a golden-rectangle fractal, and a closing 'fact.'
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-05-18-fractal-fraction-fact/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"FRACTION": 1/(1+1)
"FRACTAL FRACTION": φ = 1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + ...)))
"FRACTAL FRACTION FRACTAL": golden rectangle subdivided into squares
"FRACTAL FACTION FRACTAL FACT": "The golden ratio is pretty cool"