He table shows the amounts of onions and tomatoes in different-sized batches of a salsa recipe. Elena notices that if she takes the number in the tomatoes column and divides it by the corresponding number in the onions column, she always gets the same result.

What is the meaning of the number that Elena has calculated?

onions (ounces) tomatoes (ounces)
2 16
4 32
6 48
The recipe calls for
ounces of tomatoes per ounce of onions.