Use the Internet to describe how the Fibonacci sequence is related to the object shown. (See Example 1 and Example 2.)
Daisies
Worked-Out Solution
Ordinary field daisies have 34 petals. It is common for other members of the daisy family to have 13, 21, 55, or even 89 petals. All of these numbers are in the Fibonacci sequence.
In the arrangement of tiny florets in the core of a daisy, you can see 21 counterclockwise spirals and 34 clockwise spirals. In any daisy, the combination of counterclockwise and clockwise spirals generally consists of successive terms of the Fibonacci sequence.
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