Question

in a sequence of positive integers, the ratio of each term to the term immedialy following it is 1 to 4. What isnthe ratio of the 2nd term and 5th term

Answer 1

A few years ago an apparatus was devised for enlarging drawings, &c., from a facsimile ... in the ratio of two In“ gers; then we are told that the corresponding term in the ... And how can we be sure that such integers could not be found in every case! ... will be a satellite of the other; but let us take as an example the ratio 1 to 2.