1 General Mental and Psychological Abilities · 1.3.2 Ratio, ages, averages and mixtures

1.3.2.1 Ratio and proportion

A ratio compares two quantities of the same kind by division; a proportion says two ratios are equal. Almost every ratio question is solved by writing each quantity as "parts" (3k, 4k) and finding the value of one part.

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Key terms

  • ratio
  • proportion
  • compound ratio
  • duplicate ratio
  • sub-duplicate ratio
  • mean proportional
  • third proportional
  • fourth proportional
  • dividing in a ratio

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