Error message on challenge. Confused I am.

Question

Challenge: Create one last variable named profitPerUnit. In that variable store the amount of profit you made for each unit. You can calculate this by dividing the profit by the quantity.

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

var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity; var profit = salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity; var profitPerUnit = profit \ quantity;

Error: Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

Why is it saying this?? I went back to task one, re did it and it was still good like before. But when I arrive at this part of the challenge, it says task 1 no longer passes.. Please enlighten me as I am definitely confused!? Thank you for your time.

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>

Answer 1 · 2017-10-10T07:07:08Z

October 10, 2017 7:07am

You're using the wrong symbol for division. In your script, you're using "\" which is an escape character. You'll want to use "/" for division.

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