The concept of proportion is closely related to the concept of ratio; it is nearly impossible to discuss one without defining the other. Specifically, a proportion is an equation of two equal ratios; if two (or more) ratios are equal, they are...

If there are seven boys and twelve girls in a class, then the ratio of boys to girls can be expressed as 7 to 12, , or 7:12. A ratio compares the size, or magnitude, of two numbers. Two other related concepts, rate and proportion, together with ratio,...

In mathematics, two quantities are called proportional if they vary in such a way that one of the quantities is a constant multiple of the other, or equivalently if they have a constant...

LEADING ARTICLE US ECONOMY The guardians of the American economy have been stirred to action. The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates again yesterday, the third time it has done so this year. These cuts are designed to defuse two clear and...

So far, so good. The consultation document issued last month by the Financial Services Authority ("Insurance selling and administration: the FSA's high-level approach to regulation") is pretty much in line with the "proportionate and fit for the purpose" intentions stated previously in FSA pronouncements....

For Billie Jean King, opportunity means everything. On Tuesday, she honored Purdue, Tennessee Tech, Washington State and SUNY at Buffalo for making gender equity a priority. The four schools were winners of the Women's Sports Foundation's inaugural "Opportunity Awards," created in honor of the 35th...

An Italian doctor charged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer _ a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.In an article in the Italian journal Micromega, Dr. Lina Pavanelli, an...