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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
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Posted by Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
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Create a new variable salesTotal that contains the total of the retailPrice multiplied by the quantity variable.

I don't get this. Creating the variable "profit" in task 2 seems to ruin task 1. Bug, or error from my side?

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - (wholeSalePrice * quantity);
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>
Amandeep Dindral
Amandeep Dindral
8,915 Points

Hi, Your code should look like this.

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

Let me know if this works for you.

Cheers

Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points
Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points

There was an error with your code: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: wholesalesPrice

5 Answers

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"There was an error with your code: ReferenceError: Can't find variable: wholesalesPrice"

It should be wholesalePrice, instead of wholesalesPrice.

Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
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Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points

Thanks so much your all the help

Justice Omorodion
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Justice Omorodion
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Justice Omorodion
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var wholesalePrice = 5.45; var retailPrice = 9.99; var quantity = 47; var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity

Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points
Calvin Secrest
Calvin Secrest
24,815 Points

Thanks a lot for your input

Michael Powell
Michael Powell
2,403 Points
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
2,403 Points

This works as well. var profit= salesTotal-(wholesalePrice*quantity)

The multiplication is done first, then the subtraction. Hope this helps someone in the future.