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pogtynmsax
4,083 PointsI don't know what I'm doing wrong here?
This challenge is telling me to create a variable named profitPerUnit and store in the variable the profit. This is to be done by dividing profit by quantity.
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = 9.99 * 47;
var profit = 47 * (9.99 - 5.45);
var profitPerUnit = (47 * (9.99 - 5.45)) / 47;
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<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
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2 Answers
Kevin Matsuo
36,064 Pointsvar wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity;
var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;
for the challenge, you are passing in the variables that have been already declared, to the new variables below them, not their numerical value.
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointsthe point of this exercise is to do math using the variables. you are not using them in subsequent calculations. replace the numbers with the variables holding those values. then it's just a matter of math.
pogtynmsax
4,083 PointsIt totally slipped my mind. Thank you :).
pogtynmsax
4,083 Pointspogtynmsax
4,083 PointsCan't believe I didn't think of that :). Thank you.