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iOS Swift Basics (retired) Operators Binary Operators

Posted by MUZ140809 Takudzwa Mukumbi
MUZ140809 Takudzwa Mukumbi
3,964 Points

Given the height and width of a wall in inches, calculate the area in feet and assign it to a constant named areaInFeet

Your 'areaInFeet' constant has the wrong value. Divide height by 12 to get the height in feet. Do the same with the width. Then multiply the height in feet by the width in feet.

Nick Jones
Nick Jones
2,086 Points
Nick Jones
Nick Jones
2,086 Points

Would you be able to post the current code you have for this please

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hiya,

You're given the height and width both in inches.

So, you need to divide each by 12 to convert to feet then multiply the two results to get the area, as required. 

let areaInFeet = (height / 12) * (width / 12)

Hope that helps!

Steve.