Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another in respect of magnitude, the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, one is of the other. Self-examinations in Euclid - Page 71by John Martin Frederick Wright - 1829 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
| Oliver Byrne - Mathematics - 1841 - 144 pages
...of two magnitudes of the same kind to one another, in respect of quantity." — Simson'a Euclid. " Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to...what multiple part or parts one is of the other." — Wood's Algebra. " Ratio is that relation of two quantities of the same kind, which arises from... | |
| Oliver Byrne - Mathematics - 1841 - 140 pages
...of two magnitudes of the same kind to one another, in respect of quantity." — Simeon's Euclid. " Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to...in respect of magnitude, the comparison being made Ъу considering what multiple part or parts one is of the other." — Wood's Algebra. " Ratio is that... | |
| Wales Christopher Hotson - 1842 - 306 pages
...+—.• b* a2 RATIOS. 128. Ratio is the relation which one quantity bears to another, with respect to magnitude, the comparison being made by considering...what multiple, part or parts, one is of the other. 129. The quantities to be compared must evidently be of the same kind ; for although we can compare... | |
| Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...ratio has been defined to be the relation which one number bears to another with respect to quotity ; the comparison being made by considering what multiple, part or parts, one number is of the other. An arithmetical ratio, therefore, is represented by the quotient which arises... | |
| James Renwick - Chemistry - 1845 - 456 pages
...this lessened density. RATIO ; the relation which subsists between two quantities of the same kind, the comparison being made by considering what multiple part or parts one of them is of the other. RAY ; a beam of light propagated from a radiant point. REACTION ; the reciprocation... | |
| James Wharton - 1847 - 224 pages
...; and £2 3s. Ца. to the decimal of £4. Ans. -109375, -1076923; ¿£, ^, -54140625. PROPORTIONS. RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another in respect to magnitude : thus 2 has to 4 the same ratio which 3 has to 6, and is often expressed f and |. Ratios... | |
| Thomas Lund - Algebra - 1851 - 186 pages
...x= 8,\ y , > to find x and y. > i-35^ = 82j . yy = 10,f RATIO, PROPORTION, AND VARIATION. 75. DBF. RATIO is the relation which one quantity bears to another in respect of magnitude, which relation is measured by the number of times the one contains the other, or by the part or parts... | |
| Barnard Smith - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
...mode of treatment, which we shall adopt in what follows, " RATIO is the relation which one number has to another in respect of magnitude, the comparison...made by considering what multiple, part, or parts, the first number is of the second, or how many times or parts of a time, or both, the second is contained... | |
| Euclides - 1855 - 230 pages
...other. In the following definition given by Wood in his Algebra, this objection is removed:—"Ratio is the relation "which one quantity bears to another...multiple, part or parts, one is of the other." In order that two magnitudes may be capable of comparison so as to determine their ratio, it is essential... | |
| Barnard Smith - 1857 - 740 pages
...be ' 140. Ratio is first denned as the relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind in respect of magnitude, the comparison being made...what multiple, part or parts, one is of the other ; and it thus appears that the value of a ratio is correctly represented by the quotient of one of... | |
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