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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Adam Fields
Adam Fields
4,487 Points

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

I spelled it as it had requested and the challenge says to go back to first part of challenge which past. I checked for grammatical errors in the variable names however I believe they are correct. Any help would be appreciated thank you

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal= retailPrice*quantity;
var profit=salesTotal-wholesalePrice*quanity;
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

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

Check your spelling.

var profit=salesTotal-wholesalePrice*quanity;

Hint: it starts with a "Q".

clemhlrdt
clemhlrdt
20,534 Points
clemhlrdt
clemhlrdt
20,534 Points

Hey there,

You are close to the answer. Try to add parenthesis just like that:

var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - (wholesalePrice * quantity);
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 Points

Changed to an answer. Also, parentheses don't technically matter (order of operations built in), but it's a nice way to visualize what's going on.

Michael Freyer
Michael Freyer
581 Points

clemhlrdt Your answer worked like a charm. I was reading it. I just put the parenthesis in the wrong spot.