Even though no one would have blamed Mrs. Dubose if she had wanted to leave this world in narcotic bliss, she decided to try to do what she felt was right, no matter how impossible it seemed or how painful it was. Hmm, sounds like a person whose name begins with A and ends with tticus.. 1  BACK. 2  NEXT.
A ratio is the proportional amount of one quantity relative to another quantity. It's like a fraction, or at least a fraction is one type of ratio.
1 The debt ratio measures the firm's ability to repay long-term debt by indicating the percentage of a company's assets that are provided via debt. 2  Debt ratio = Total debt / Total assets.  The higher the ratio, the greater risk will be associated with the firm's operation.