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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Luqman Shah
Luqman Shah
3,016 Points

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

So I know my answer is correct, and I know how I got it. But I'm curious, if I were to put

var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;

would that still be sufficient? Because that's what I put first and I got it wrong. So I was wondering maybe for the code challenge it would be wrong because it needs a specific answer. But generally speaking, would my first answer have been sufficient? Thanks

script.js
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = 9.99 * 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>

2 Answers

M Glasser
M Glasser
10,868 Points

It's possible you may have had a typo in your first attempt. Both of these solutions passed the test in my code challenge window. Generally speaking what you put is fine since the values you want to multiply are stored in those variables. Your first answer was actually the best answer IMO.

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