The Answer to Sex Ratios

The table below shows the numbers of males, females, sex ratios & total number of characters in each image:

Image # # of Female Characters # of Male Characters Sex Ratio (Female:Male) Total # of Characters
1 2 2 1:1(Even) 4
2 1 3 1:3 4
3 6 3 2:1 9
4 21 15 7:5 36
5 2 2 1:1(Even) 4
6 0 2 0(No Females) 2
7 7 0 ∞(Infinite) 7
8 5 0 ∞(Infinite) 5
9 2 1 2:1 3
10 2 0 ∞(Infinite) 2
11 3 0 ∞(Infinite) 3
12 1 1 1:1(Even) 2
13 1 4 1:4 5
14 2 1 2:1 3
15 3 3 1:1(Even) 6
16 1 1 1:1(Even) 2
17 1 1 1:1(Even) 2
18 2 3 2:3 5
19 8 6 4:3 14
20 3 7 3:7 10

The opposite of nothing is everything, so the reciprocal ratio of 0 is ∞!

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