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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Multiplication and Division

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points

Task: Set the variable product to be a multiple of a & b. a=6 b=2

a = 6 b = 2 12 Shouldn't the answer be 12?

variable.rb 
a = 6
b = 2
c = 12
Neil Ganotisi
Neil Ganotisi
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Neil Ganotisi
Neil Ganotisi
20,975 Points

Right idea, but you missed a few critical things. You'll need to declare a variable 'product', and set it to be the product of the multiple of 'a' and 'b'.

a = 6
b = 2

product = a*b

2 Answers

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,386 Points

Thanks, Neil. You are correct. That worked. What's odd is this wasn't one of the formulas shown in the video series. I even checked the script on each video. Same thing with the second question. It's not material that's been gone over:

Set the variable quotient to be the result of dividing the product variable by 3. (The question might as well be in Arabic - something I'm not familiar with)

Travis Long
Travis Long
885 Points
Travis Long
Travis Long
885 Points

This is what your not seeing Sarah Set the variable.. in order to write code with variables you put the variable which is PRODUCT in the front like this product =