Ratio

A Ratio is a relationship between two quantities based on division between the two.

Context
- It can expressed with a Ratio Statement.
- It is a dimensionless number, A and B have the same units of measurement.
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Example(s)
- If A = 12 and B = 8, the ratio of A to B is 12/8=3/2 or 3:2
- a Ratio Measure.
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Counter-Example(s)
- Rate.
See: Fraction, Ratio Statement, Ratio Value, Numerator, Denominator.

References

(Wolfram WorldMath, 2016) ⇒
- The ratio of two numbers r and s is written r/s, where r is the numerator and s is the denominator. The ratio of r to s is equivalent to the quotient r/s. Betting odds written as r:s correspond to s/(r+s). A number which can be expressed as a ratio of integers is called a rational number.
(Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio
- In mathematics, a ratio is a relationship between two numbers indicating how many times the first number contains the second. For example, if a bowl of fruit contains eight oranges and six lemons, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is eight to six (that is, 8:6, which is equivalent to the ratio 4:3). Thus, a ratio can be a fraction as opposed to a whole number. Also, in this example the ratio of lemons to oranges is 6:8 (or 3:4), and the ratio of oranges to the total amount of fruit is 8:14 (or 4:7).
  The numbers compared in a ratio can be any quantities of a comparable kind, such as objects, persons, lengths, or spoonfuls. A ratio is written "a to b" or a:b, or sometimes expressed arithmetically as a quotient of the two. When the two quantities have the same units, as is often the case, their ratio is a dimensionless number. A rate is a quotient of variables having different units. But in many applications, the word ratio is often used instead for this more general notion as well.