Category:Definitions/Ratios

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Let $x$ and $y$ be quantities which have the same dimensions.

Let $\dfrac x y = \dfrac a b$ for two numbers $a$ and $b$.

Then the ratio of $x$ to $y$ is defined as:

$x : y = a : b$

It explicitly specifies how many times the first number contains the second.