 The terms of a ratio are the two numbers to be compared; thus, in the above ratio, 20 and 4 are the terms. When both terms are considered together, they are called a couplet ; when considered separately, the first term is called the antecedent, and the...  College Algebra - Página 268por Webster Wells - 1890 - 577 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1888 - 514 páginas
...: b ; the quotient is о generally written in the last form when it is intended to express a ratio. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. When the antecedent is equal to the consequent, the ratio is called a ratio of equality ; when the... | |
 | John Bernard Clarke - 1889 - 566 páginas
...reciprocals of o and 6; i. e., -= --TT- A 1 aab ratio is always written, however, as a direct ratio. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. The ratio of the squares of two quantities is sometimes called the duplicate, and the ratio of the... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury, Grenville C. Emery - 1889 - 444 páginas
...a divided by b. 168. The Terms of a ratio are the quantities compared, whether simple or compound. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the other the consequent; and the two terms together are called a couplet. 169. Proportion is an equality... | |
 | Isaac Hammond Morris - 1890 - 440 páginas
...times. If we take two equal ratios, we have a proportion ; for example, § = § ; or 9 : 3 as 6 : 2. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent ; and the second term, the consequent. If the numbers are in true proportion, the product of the end terms, or extremes, equals the product... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1891 - 544 páginas
...indicated quotient of the first by the second. Thus, the ratio of a to b is -, or a -f- b, or a : b. о The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. When the antecedent is equal to the consequent, the ratio is called a ratio of equality ; when the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1891 - 380 páginas
...indicated quotient of the first by the second. Thus the ratio of a to b is -, or a -=- b, or a : b. b The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. When the antecedent is equal to the consequent, the ratio is called a ratio of equality ; when the... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - 1891 - 210 páginas
...mate ratio of y to x, the degree of approximation depending upon the size of the unit of measure. 272. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. 273. A proportion is an expression of equality between two equal ratios, usually indicated by four... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - 1891 - 380 páginas
...quotient of the first by the second. Thus the ratio a to b is y, or a -s- b, or a : b. • v- ,' ^4. b first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term thejjunsequent. When the antecedent is equal ш the consequent, the ratio is called a ratio of equality;... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1893 - 382 páginas
...the first number by the second. Thus, the ratio of 3 to 5 is -| ; it is also expressed 3 : 5. 259. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent,...the second term the consequent. Thus, in the ratio 3:5, 3 is the antecedent, and 5 the consequent. 260. The ratio of two quantities of the same kind,... | |
 | 1897 - 672 páginas
...terms are considered together, they are called a couplet ; when considered separately, the first term is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. Thus, in the ratio 20 : 4, 20 and 4 form a couplet, and 20 is the antecedent, and 4 the consequent. 301. A ratio may be... | |
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