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Chapter Six - Rates, Ratios, and Percent


 A giant woman holding a normal-sized vehicle, or a normal-sized lady holding a scale model of the vehicle? Obviously perspective plays a role in this visual trick. The trick in the photo is that the size of the lady and the vehicle are not being measured by the same standard. So, the question to be asked is, “Relative to what?” If I say that I have a lot of money, does that mean $20 (relative to a little kid), or $2 million (relative to your math teacher)? Would eight Ironman costumes at a Halloween party be a lot, or not? Well, it depends on whether there were 30 people there, or 3,000.

**Where to from here?**
6.1 Ratios 6.2 Rates 6.3 Percents Chapter Six Summary Chapter Six Homework