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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Multiplication and Division

Ruby

In the code challenge I don't know what they want for the variable in the first question. a = 6, b = 2

variable.rb
a = 6
b = 2
c = 2 * 2 * 3

3 Answers

William Li
PLUS
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

You need to have a variable named product, and assign the product of a and b to it.

product = a * b
Gavin Ralston
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Points

Set the variable product to be a multiple of the variables a and b.

In this challenge they're looking for you to store a * b in the variable named product.

How?