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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Multiplication and Division

Saloni Tulsiyan
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Saloni Tulsiyan
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Posted by Saloni Tulsiyan
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Saloni Tulsiyan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 971 Points

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

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

variable.rb 
a = 6
b = 2
c= 12

1 Answer

jacobproffer
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jacobproffer
jacobproffer
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Hey Saloni,

The prompt is asking you to create a variable called product that stores the result of a times b. Like so:

a = 6
b = 2
product = a * b

Let me know if you get stuck on the second part of the challenge.