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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Operators Binary Operators

Raymond Espinoza
Raymond Espinoza
1,989 Points
Posted by Raymond Espinoza
Raymond Espinoza
1,989 Points

Binary operators

How do you assign the strings in area of feet ?

area.swift 
// the height and width of a wall
let height = 120.0 // in inches
let width = 144.0 // in inches

1 Answer

Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points
Justin Kraft
Justin Kraft
26,327 Points

Since height and width are assigned in inches, you must divide them by 12 (12 inches = 1 foot). The easiest solution is to consider the fact that you must divide both values by 12, thus written out mathematically you have:

(height / 12) * (width / 12)

if we multiply across we can simplify this to:

(height * width) / 144

Therefore, the solution is assigned areaInFeet to this operation