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Introduction:

Golden ratio is the ’ideal’ proportion of two quantities of an object, such that one quantity is
about 1.5 times longer than the other, which gives it a ratio of around 1.618.

This investigation aims to find the relationship between human facial ratios and maturity. I find
this topic intriguing because the gold ratio is a concept that could be applied in multiple areas such
as mathematics, music, and art; and there could be different forms of golden ratios: body, facial,
architectural and more. The facial golden ratio is one of the indicators that many chooses to
investigate in while looking at the proportionality of the face.

Previous researches on facial golden ratio had been conducted such as Pallet, Link and Lee’s
research in 2010 to find out people’s perceptions on the “attractiveness” of different facial ratios.
Nevertheless, my take on the change of facial ratios due to maturity is a rather new perspective,
such that I did not find reference materials regarding this topic.

My personal interest in this topic comes from the perspective of art. As an art student, there are
multiple scenarios where I would need to apply the golden ratio, therefore the mathematics
behind the supposedly “ideal proportion” interests me. Furthermore, people’s faces change and
so do their facial ratios. Growing up with all my classmates for the past 4 years, I have visually seen
changes in their faces, however it would be even more exciting to see the mathematical
transformation of their facial ratios.

In this investigation, I will be looking at the facial ratios of my classmates and comparing the ratios
in 2012 to ratios in 2016. 45 people in total will contribute to the data collection, which is a
constraint relative to this study. An ideal sample group should be bigger (at around 100 people for
my level of investigation), my sample group size is limited to 45 people due to the images I have
access to and the students that are still in my school after 4 years.

Figure 1: Golden Rectangle. Go Figure. Digital image. http://gofiguremath.org/natures-favorite-


math/the-golden-ratio/

b The Golden Rectangle represents relationships and proportions of distance


a between the length and width of a geometric figure, and they both could
be referred to when looking at the Golden ratios of the face.

As an art student, the facial golden ratio could be involved in drawing


different face types and finding out the mathematics behind the
a+b

mathematically most proportional face type. Therefore, I decided to


investigate how people falls within the normal distribution of golden ratio
to find out if golden ratio is an important factor to human faces build-up.
Normal distribution is significant in statistic as it predicts the pattern that
common events would fall into.
Aim:
The aim of this exploration is to create normal distribution graphs of 11th grade students’ facial
ratios in both 2012 and 2016 to compare the results and identify time and growth’s impact on the
change of facial ratios. Furthermore, to recognise if people’s facial ratios change due to maturity –
rather it approaches closer to the facial golden ratio or not.

Figure 2: The Divine Proportion (annotated by me).


Jefferson, Yosh. Facial Beauty. Digital Image.
http://www.facialbeauty.org/divineproportion.html

I will be looking at the external proportion


(referred to as E.P.) of the face in this investigation.
The E.P. in Figure 2 showcases the ideal facial ratio
between the length and the width of the face.

This ratio also corresponds to the golden rectangle


such that the distance between the two cheeks
(1.0) act as “b” and the distance between the
hairline and the chin (1.618) act as “b+a”.

Data Collection
Procedure:
45 students from year 11 at my school will be included this exploration
I will use photographs of the students’ face (front side) and measure the facial ratios for each
student
The two quantities are measure by: from the top of the head (crown) to the bottom of the chin,
and the furthest width of the face at two cheekbones.
After organising them into a table, I will construct two normal distribution graphs to see what
ranges students fall in when they were 12 compared to when they were 17, and whether the value
of one standard deviation changes in four years.
*All data in this investigation are kept to the smallest decimals without rounding to 3 significant
figures because the numbers that this investigation is dealing with are reasonably small and
keeping the decimals would mean more accurate results.

Example of the measurement


Figure 3: An annotated student profile picture to show the measuring process. 2018. Digital image
obtained from school database.

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