ratio and lengths

[fading shore]

It means the second thing is twice as long as one of the first thing.

[surreal sun]

Yeah a ratio is like. How big one thing is in relation to another

[surreal sun]

Hm

A length can't be a ratio on its own

1:2 can't be a length usually

A ratio just tells you the relationship between two quantities

I think here you'd assume that it's implying that the ratio of the first to the second is 1:2

Since the first has a length given

Yeah

Yeah pretty much

[fading shore]

not just "2 x bigger". Ratios compare two things. 1:2 means there is one of every of the first object for every two of the second object.

Ratios consider two objects

here's an example

In my home, women outnumber men "two to one" (written 2:1)

the 2 in 2:1 refers to the first object I mentioned (women) and the 1 refers to the second object (men)

So what I am saying, is that for every two women in my house, there is one man

[fading shore]

yeah you could say it that way

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