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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Multiplication and Division

Posted by missfit
missfit
18,561 Points

Hi, I am having a hard time figuring out the answer to this question... Set the variable product to be a multiple of the

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

a = 6
b = 2

4 Answers

Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points
Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points

Hello Melissa,

I still have to take the Ruby course, but the tasks ask you to create a variable product in which we should store the a*b result.

So product = a*b; would be the code to be added I guess

missfit
missfit
18,561 Points
missfit
missfit
18,561 Points

I'm so dumb. Thank you! I think I was making this problem appear much harder than it actually was. Thank you for your help!!

Anna Setterberg
Anna Setterberg
843 Points

Just had the same question but found it had already been posted! Haha, it was one of those "too simple" questions that just became hard. Thanks for posting!

missfit
missfit
18,561 Points
missfit
missfit
18,561 Points

Thanks again everyone!! There will be plenty more ?'s to come I'm sure. :D