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Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 PointsConvert 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! :)
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points1.428571429% i think that could be the right answer but doesn't work :(
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 Points1.428571429% i think that could be the right answer but doesn't work :(
2 Answers

Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,592 PointsHi 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
11,301 Pointsshouldn't padding be 1.428571429%, as well?
Fabrizio Rinaldi
5,359 PointsI've tried to write that, but doesn't work
Ron McCranie
7,836 PointsRon McCranie
7,836 Pointswhat answer did you give?