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#### 12.2.7 ratio [System Class]

#### Class Precedence List::

ratio, rational,

real,

number, t

#### Description::

A ratio is a number representing the mathematical ratio of two non-zero integers, the numerator and denominator, whose greatest common divisor is one, and of which the denominator is positive and greater than one.

#### See Also::

Figure~2–9, Constructing Numbers from Tokens, Printing Ratios