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Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points
Posted by Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points

Convert the padding on .cake from pixels to percentages.

Task: Convert the padding on .cake from pixels to percentages.

.container { max-width: 700px; } .icing { background-color: #B4C34F; width: 100%; /700px/ padding: 10px; } .cake { background-color: #f8748f; width: 85.714285714%; /600px/ margin: 1.428571429%; padding: 10px; } .filling { background-color: #4FB69F; width: 83.33333333%; /500px/ margin: 1.6666666666%; padding: 10px; }

I've got a problem on this converting exercise.

Thanks for your help guys! :)

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,836 Points
Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,836 Points

what answer did you give?

Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points

1.428571429% i think that could be the right answer but doesn't work :(

Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points

1.428571429% i think that could be the right answer but doesn't work :(

2 Answers

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,592 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,592 Points

Hi Fabrizio,

If you take a look at the comment in the stylesheet it mentions that the context for padding is the width of the element itself.

So you want to divide the 10px by the width of the .cake element itself, not it's parent.

David Curtis
David Curtis
11,301 Points
David Curtis
David Curtis
11,301 Points

shouldn't padding be 1.428571429%, as well?

Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points
Fabrizio Rinaldi
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points

I've tried to write that, but doesn't work