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jon kelson
5,149 Pointslet height = 120.0 // in inches let width = 144.0 // in inches let area = height * width let areaInFeet = area / 12
Hi Im doing something wrong here i'm not sure what ? trying to convert into feet as per the video.
thanks jon
// the height and width of a wall
let height = 120.0 // in inches
let width = 144.0 // in inches
let area = height * width
let areaInFeet = area / 12
1 Answer
Holger Liesegang
50,595 PointsWelcome to Treehouse, Jon!
You have to divide the length and width by 12 before the calculation of the area because they are inches and the result (area) has to be in feet.
// the height and width of a wall
let height = 120.0 // in inches
let width = 144.0 // in inches
let areaInFeet = height/12 * width/12
...but this variant of your code would work as well, of course:
// the height and width of a wall
let height = 120.0 // in inches
let width = 144.0 // in inches
let area = height * width
let areaInFeet = area / 144