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Ruby Ruby Basics Numbers Math Operations

Posted by James Grupp
James Grupp
7,260 Points

Multiply 25 times 3 and assign the result to a variable named product. Then divide 7 by 4 and assign the result to a var

Multiply 25 times 3 and assign the result to a variable named product. Then divide 7 by 4 and assign the result to a variable named quotient.

I am pretty confused on this, and I was just hoping someone could explain the answer. I went back in the video, but I did not get it. Thanks ya'll in advance!

1 Answer

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,722 Points

If the Challenge confuses you, you should never hesitate to ask questions. The only thing that is a slight "gotcha" is that Ruby needs to have one floating-point number to indicate that the division's result is also floating-point.

They are looking for a two-line Ruby program--

product = 25 * 3
quotient = 7 / 4.0