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.
Ratio: A ratio is just a number that is obtained by dividing one number by another. A ratio doesn't necessarily imply any particular relationship between the numerator and the denominator. For example, if there were 100 women in this class and 20 men, the ratio of women to men would be 100/20 or 5 women for each man.