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.
(cell membrane). Ratios make comparisons between two things, a ratio of 1:5 means that the second number is 5 times as large as the first number. Or for example of the ratio of flour to water in a recipe is 2:1 then there is twice as much flour as water in the recipe. 2.