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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Em and Rem Units

Posted by Nicholas Risen
Nicholas Risen
2,860 Points

I converted px to em, but it says i dont have the right size. I keep rechecking my work but i cant find anything

I'm on the coding challenge and it says i have the wrong size. I said to convert 53 px to em and i got 3.313. It says its wrong

1 Answer

tootiemcflow
tootiemcflow
5,600 Points

If I remember right target / context = result for converting px to em. Target being 53px and the context in this case is 16px. So, 53 / 16 = 3.3125, which is pretty close to your result. Maybe you enter in a wrong value for the context when dividing?

h2 {
  font-size: 3.3125em;
}
Nicholas Risen
Nicholas Risen
2,860 Points

Thank you! I converted it using a conversion site