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proportion or ratio? #1 (permalink) Sat Jun 28, 2008 14:42 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

take the following example:
At the universities of Oxford and Cambridge the................... of teachers and students is vẻy high.
A.proportion B.number C. ratio D. percentage
I wonder if A or c is right.Can u help me distinguish?Thanks!
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proportion or ratio? #2 (permalink) Sat Jun 28, 2008 15:01 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

C. ratio is the right answer, I think: ratio of; proportion between.
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proportion or ratio? #3 (permalink) Sat Jun 28, 2008 15:12 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

To me proportion of X to Y is correct. The same refers to 'ratio'. I would pick up ' number'. Or 'percentage'.
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proportion or ratio? #4 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:55 am   proportion or ratio?
 

Haihao wrote:
C. ratio is the right answer, I think: ratio of; proportion between.

According to my dictionary, we have 2 structure:
1-Proportion of A and B(no structure proportion between)
2-Ratio of A and B
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proportion or ratio? #5 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 10:44 am   proportion or ratio?
 

I couldn't find 'proportion between', only 'the proportion of something to something' in the meaning of 'the relationship between two things in size, amount, importance etc'
And I think (just intuition Smile ), ratio is the right answer.
The ratio of nursing staff to doctors is 2:1.
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proportion or ratio? #6 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 12:43 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

Well, I'd admit that 'proportion between' is not the key point to determine the right answer for the question but it's possible, such as:

Quote:
the proper proportion between oil and vinegar in the dressing.


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proportion or ratio? #7 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 14:51 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

I think more context is needed in order to give an opinion.
"number" seems to be a good choice.
just a student.
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proportion or ratio? #8 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 15:23 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

... may be Smile
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proportion or ratio? #9 (permalink) Mon Jun 30, 2008 14:07 pm   proportion or ratio?
 

This is a very odd question.

"...the number of students and teachers" simply refers to how many there are. Perhaps it's the right answer after all, but it's not every natural.

I'm used to seeing "the ratio of X to Y" and there is only an "and" there, not a "to."

I use proportion the same as ratio - the proportion of X to y.

Experience, however, tells you that it's common to talk about the student:teacher ratio (or teacher:student ratio, if it's in reverse). We don't talk about the "proportion" of teachers in relation to students, but the ratio.
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