Even though no one would have blamed Mrs. Dubose if she had wanted to leave this world in narcotic bliss, she decided to try to do what she felt was right, no matter how impossible it seemed or how painful it was. Hmm, sounds like a person whose name begins with A and ends with tticus.. 1  BACK. 2  NEXT.
A ratio is the proportional amount of one quantity relative to another quantity. It's like a fraction, or at least a fraction is one type of ratio.
A ratio is a way of expressing the relative sizes of parts of a group. Ratios are used often in baking, science, and and any time you want to compare or exchange amounts of something. When two ratios are equivalent, they are in proportion.