Relationship between two magnitudes expressed as a quotient of the two magnitudes.
Examples
There are 4 blue balls and 6 white balls in a box.
- The ratio between the number of blue balls and the number of white balls is \(\dfrac{4}{6}\).
- The ratio between the number of blue balls and the total number of balls is \(\dfrac{4}{10}\).
- The ratio between the number of white balls and the number of blue balls is \(\dfrac{6}{4}\).