 | Thomas Keith - Arithmetic - 1822 - 354 pages
....1961992 .18"7A04 .1796655 ,1719287 .1726574 .1644356 .1566054 .1491479 .1420457 ON RATIOS. 1. RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, with respect to magnitude ; and the comparison is made by considering how often the one is contained in the other, or how often the... | |
 | John Radford Young - Algebra - 1832 - 408 pages
...all questions of a similar nature, and it greatly simplifies the solution. ON RxlTIO. (21.) RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, with respect to magnitude. ARITHMETICAL RATIO is that which expresses the difference of the quantities compared. (22.) GEOMETRICAL... | |
 | John Radford Young - 1839 - 332 pages
...crowns, 9 guineas, and 5 moidores. CHAPTER III. ON RATIO, PROPORTION, AND PROGRESSION. (68.) RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, with respect to magnitude. ARITHMETICAL RATIO is that which expresses the difference of the quantities compared. (64.) GEOMETRICAL... | |
 | George Lees - 1843 - 86 pages
...of O.C78125 of a pound. . . Ans. 13s. 6fd. OF RATIOS AND PROPORTION. LIV. The term ratio designates the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind in respect of magnitude, and is expressed by the fraction which the one is of the other. 7 Thus, the... | |
 | John Darby (teacher of mathematics.) - 1843 - 236 pages
...Täte's Modern Cambist, a work of high respectability, written expressly on the subject. RATIO. RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, numerically considered; the comparison being made by observing what multiple, part or parts, the one... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 300 pages
...1 What shows the relation between the two quantities in this case ? Give an example. 1 70* RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind. When the quantities are compared by considering how much one exceeds the other, the ratio, which is... | |
 | Francis Henney Smith - Arithmetic - 1845 - 710 pages
...What shows the relation between the two quantities in this case ? Give an example. 170». RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind. When the quantities are compared by considering Jimo much one exceeds the other, the ratio, which is... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Arithmetic - 1849 - 402 pages
...time in days in computing the interest ? SECTION XII. — RATIO — PROPORTION. 136. RATIO. Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, and expresses the part that one quantity is of another. Thus, f expresses the relation of 3 to 5 ;... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1849 - 162 pages
...18 24 40 48 60 72 36? 12? 18? 25? 30? 36? 60? f From this it appears Uiai Ratio is the relation that one quantity bears to another of the same kind, with respect to ma9nitude. The former one of two terms in any ratio is called the antecedent, and the latter, the consequent.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1850 - 368 pages
...RATIO. The former of these quantities is called the antecedent, and the latter the consequent. RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind with respect to magnitude ; and the comparison is made by considering how often the one is contained in the other, or how often the... | |
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Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one quantity is of the other. 
