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joshuawalliy
1,131 PointsThe original code is in inches. How would I change it into feet? I also have no idea what the code would be help?
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2 Answers

Jake Lundberg
13,965 Pointsyou need to divide width and height by 12 (because there are 12 inches in a foot), and then multiply width in feet by height in feet (because to find the square footage, you use base x height = area).
hope this helps!

Jake Lundberg
13,965 Pointsthey actually want you to do this:
area = (height / 12) * (width / 12); // = 120 sq ft.
because if you do it your way:
height * width = 17280 inches
17280 / 12 = 1440 sq ft...
joshuawalliy
1,131 Pointsjoshuawalliy
1,131 PointsThanks this is my code: It still won't work.
let height = 120.0 // in inches
let width = 144.0 // in inches
let area = height * width
let areaInFeet = area / 12
It says areaInFeet has the wrong value.