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Ratios and Quantities are completely different things
by NikolaeVarius 11y ago
Ratios and Quantities are completely different things
- mcherm 11y agoNot according to any set of definitions that I have ever heard of. Can you provide an explanation of the difference as you understand it? To give one example, my piece of US Letter paper is 93.5 in^2 in area. One side is 8.5 in long. If I divide these, I find that 93.5 in^2 / 8.5 in = 11 in. Is that eleven inches a ratio or a quantity?
- cicero 11y agoIt's a quantity. However, the aspect ratio of US Letter paper, 8.5/11 is a ratio. If you used a copier to reduce a US Letter page by 50%, it would still have the same aspect ratio.