In Alice in Wonderland, when Alice eats or drinks something her size is changed. If Alice is normally 60 inches high and she ate a cookie that reduced her to 5 inches. The White Rabbit also ate the cookie and was reduced to 3 inches high. How tall is he (in feet) normally?

I did divide 60 by 5 and my answer was 12 but I have no idea if that is even relevant to this or not.. Not looking for an answer just pointed in the right direction. Thank you.

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In Alice in Wonderland, when Alice eats or drinks something her size is changed. If Alice is normally 60 inches high and she ate a cookie that reduced her to 5 inches. The White Rabbit also ate the cookie and was reduced to 3 inches high. How tall is he (in feet) normally?

I did divide 60 by 5 and my answer was 12 but I have no idea if that is even relevant to this or not.. Not looking for an answer just pointed in the right direction. Thank you.

anonymous · Answer

So what does that 12 represent?

anonymous · Answer

Umm.. I'm not sure I just knew that I would have to divide 60 by 5. I think I may need to use that with the 3. So would I divide 12 by 3 and get my answer? I'm not really sure what the 12 is..

anonymous · Answer

Well her original height was 60in, then her height reduced to  5 inches
Well I think that her height reduced 12 times by eating that cookie right?

anonymous · Answer

Oh okay! So then I would maybe multiply 3 by 12 and I would get 36 inches and then convert that to feet. Got it!! Thank you sooo much!

anonymous · Answer

Great!