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Marina Klimi
Courses Plus Student 1,080 PointsI can not understand where I am wrong
I am writing the following code: var profitPerUnit = 213.38 / 47; and the system responds the following: Bummer! Did you use the / symbol to divide profit by quantity?
I can not understnd as I have used he '/' symbol. Thanks Marina
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
<!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
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Adam Beer
11,314 PointsHi Marina! First task.
Create a new variable salesTotal that contains the total of the retailPrice multiplied by the quantity variable.
Just create a new variable salesTotal. var salesTotal equal to retailPrice multiplied quantity.
Second task.
Create another variable named profit. It should hold the value of the salesTotal variable minus the wholesalePrice multiplied by the quantity. In other words, if you sold 47 items for 9.99 but only paid 5.45 for each item, how much money did you make?
Create a new variable named profit. var profit equal to salesTotal minus wholesalePrice multiplied quantity; Hope this help!
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Marina Klimi
Courses Plus Student 1,080 PointsAdam thank you very much for your help. Have a nice day. Marina
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Adam Beer
11,314 PointsYour welcome! You too.