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Problem:Two common ways of writing it are sa / vol or SA : V. Either of these say to divide the surface area by the volume .
Solution:
The surface-area-to-volume ratio , also called the surface-to-volume ratio and variously denoted sa / vol or SA : V , is the amount of surface area per unit volume of an object or collection of objects .