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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by saurabh yadav
saurabh yadav
3,367 Points

[(9.99*47)-(5.45*47)]/47 is this correct for javascript

want to more about how to play around opertors

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal =9.99*47;
var profit =(9.99*47)-(5.45*47);
var profitPerUnit=(9.99*47)-(5.45*47)/47;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Nick Yoho
Nick Yoho
6,957 Points
Nick Yoho
Nick Yoho
6,957 Points

Instead of doing the calculations with the actual numbers try using the variables you have defined already, for example:

var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit =  salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity;