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JavaScript JavaScript Numbers Working with Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Sahmad Nakumbe
Sahmad Nakumbe
3,423 Points

Create a variable named salesTotal. Assign it the total of retailPrice multiplied by quantity.

script.js 
const wholesalePrice = 5.45;
const retailPrice = 9.99;
const quantity = 47;
const salesTotal = quantity * retailPrice;
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Are you having trouble with this? It should pass task 1 as it is.

3 Answers

Sumalee Juntra
Sumalee Juntra
8,669 Points

const wholesalePrice = 5.45; const retailPrice = 9.99; const quantity = 47;

const salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Multiplication is commutative, so the order does not matter.

Tom Nguyen
Tom Nguyen
33,500 Points
Tom Nguyen
Tom Nguyen
33,500 Points

What I used to pass:

script.js 
const wholesalePrice = 5.45;
const retailPrice = 9.99;
const quantity = 47;

var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity;
var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;
Sahmad Nakumbe
Sahmad Nakumbe
3,423 Points
Sahmad Nakumbe
Sahmad Nakumbe
3,423 Points

Backwards! Sumalee, Steven.