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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

jbiscornet
jbiscornet
22,547 Points
Posted by jbiscornet
jbiscornet
22,547 Points

Easy Task, so what is wrong? It is telling me when I get to task 3 that task 1 is no longer passing.

It is telling me that task 1 is no longer passing but when I go back to task 1 and redo the steps it passes just fine, then gets stuck on task 3 again saying task 1 is no longer passing. What is wrong here?

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

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Justin,

The reason that task 3 is not passing is because you have used the (*) operator instead of the (/) operator and the variable profit has been capitalized on the profitPerUnit line of code when it shouldn't be. Please see the below code I used to pass this challenge:

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

var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;

var profit = salesTotal - (wholesalePrice * quantity);

var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;

Hope this helps! Happy Coding!!!