Does This Example Violate the Law of Multiple Proportions?

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Doesn't this violate law of multiple proportions?

N2O3 has 2/3 N for every O
NO2 has 1/2 N for every O

(2/3)/(1/2) = 4/3, not a whole number.
 
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It is about proportions in compounds, not proportions of proportions :)