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How did it go? 0:00 Were you able to complete the challenge? 0:01 If not, no worries, you can watch my solution compared to what you wrote and 0:04 then try the challenge again. 0:09 Let's review. 0:11 Step one, create a variable named hours and set it to the integer value of 40. 0:12 Variables start with the $ sign. 0:18 So $hours = 40. 0:21 Because this is an integer, we do not need to use quotation marks. 0:25 Step two, create a variable named productivity and 0:30 set it to the float value of 10.5. 0:34 $productivity = 10.5. 0:37 Again, with number values, we do not need to use quotation marks. 0:41 Step three, create a third variable named firstTotal and 0:47 set it equal to the value of multiplying hours by productivity. 0:51 $firstTotal = $hours * $productivity. 0:56 Step four, add 1 to the hours variable. 1:02 There are many different ways to do this, but 1:06 I'm going to use the shortcut that just adds 1. 1:08 $hours++. 1:12 Step five, subtract 0.5 from the productivity variable. 1:14 Again, there are multiple ways to do this. 1:20 I've chosen to use $productivity -= .5. 1:22 This takes the original productivity value and subtracts 0.5. 1:27 Step 6, create a third variable, named secondTotal, and 1:33 set it equal to the new value of multiplying hours by productivity. 1:38 This should look just like we did in step three. 1:43 Finally, for step seven, replace the comments to add firstTotal, and 1:47 secondTotal to the following output. 1:52 We need to echo and then the variable name, closing each line with a semicolon. 1:55 Let's run our solution. 2:03 View > Show Console. 2:07 php index.php. 2:09 If your solution was different than mine, that's great. 2:13 Seldom is there only one solution. 2:17 If you see something interesting in my code, 2:20 you should try to implement it in your own program. 2:23 Keep practicing, so you can master these new skills. 2:26 Until next time, happy coding. 2:29