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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
5,623 Points

creating the profitPerUnit variable

hie guys.how do i create the profitPerUnit variable and store the amount of profit made for each unit by dividing profit by quantity.

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = 9.99 * 47;
var profit = 213.38;
var profitPerUnit = 4.54;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

3 Answers

Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points
Richard Hope
Richard Hope
25,237 Points

var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

instead of writing the integers for the values of the created variables, what you need to do is perform the calculations using the variables instead of integers. So for pricePerUnit variable it would look like this:

var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;

I hope this helps.

MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
5,623 Points
MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
MUZ140004 Redeemed Zondo
5,623 Points

Thnx guys it worked.