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 scale is a fraction, expressed in the from of a retio and is the relationship between the distance on the map compared to the actual distance that represents on the earth surface. If it is expressed as a fraction it is called representative fraction or RF on the map.