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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Yisroel stadler
Yisroel stadler
2,910 Points

stuck

i am having trouble with this. javascript.

script.js 
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - wholeSalePrice * quantity;
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>

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hello there,

There's just one last thing you need to do.

Create another variable in the same way you did before. You're using the remaining arithmetic operator to get the profitPerUnit.... Division

So just divide one variable by the other and you should have the answer! :-)

Yisroel stadler
Yisroel stadler
2,910 Points

Awesome thank you!