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Alice and Claire’s mom measures each of their heights in inches, rounded to the nearest whole inch. She remarks, “Wow! Alice’s height is exactly three fourths of Claire’s height…

Alice and Claire’s mom measures each of their heights in inches, rounded to the nearest whole inch. She remarks, “Wow! Alice’s height is exactly three fourths of Claire’s height…
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Alice and Claire’s mom measures each of their heights in inches, rounded to the nearest whole inch. She remarks, “Wow! Alice’s height is exactly three fourths of Claire’s height

User Peter Burns
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The question is ambiguous.
Claire could be 48 inches and Alice could be 36 inches.
A more likely scenario is that Claire is around 72 inches tall and Alice is 54 inches.
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