CHAPTER 4

Ratio

4.1  RATIO

If a and b are two quantities, image is called a ratio. It is a relation between a and b imageimage is a different ratioimage. It is also written as a:b, where a and b are called the terms.

 

image > 1 if a > b
= 1 if a = b
< 1 if a < b

where a and ...

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