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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli
Bhargav Krishna Adusumilli
1,221 Points

Create another variable named profit. It should hold the value of the salesTotal variable minus the wholesalePrice multi

i used the right logic but i dnnt know what went wrong , please help me out with it

var profit = salesTotal-WholesalePrice*quantity;

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>

1 Answer

Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points
Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points

Variables are case sensitive. It needs to be wholesalePrice with a lowercase "w" there.

Demian Martinez
Demian Martinez
2,985 Points
Demian Martinez
Demian Martinez
2,985 Points

Yea WholesalePrice is not the same as wholesalePrice