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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by ange yannick nimba
ange yannick nimba
1,689 Points

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

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal =retailPrice *quantity;
var profit =( wholesalePrice;
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>
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

var profit = salesTotal - (wholesalePrice * quantity);

Multiplication goes before subtraction so you need to wrap your second part of the code in ( )

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

There's only one parenthesis here, but parentheses must be used in match pairs. Also, the formula isn't quite finished. The instructions tell you that "profit" value should be "the salesTotal variable minus the wholesalePrice multiplied by the quantity."