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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Posted by Uche Onuekwusi
Uche Onuekwusi
18,070 Points

The short version *= did not work for my program The error in the development tools said that unexpected token

dong math

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

We'd need to see all your code to say why this is happening. Likely as not there is an error somewhere before that line. If you're using workspaces, the best way to share your code with us is by linking us to a snapshot of your workspace :sparkles:

Uche Onuekwusi
Uche Onuekwusi
18,070 Points

Thank you Jennifer i have corrected it. It was a logical error in my calculation of how many seconds in a year

1 Answer

Tom McEachan
Tom McEachan
2,793 Points
Tom McEachan
Tom McEachan
2,793 Points

I did this! 

var secondsPerMin = 60;
var minsPerHour = 60; 
var hoursPerDay = 24;
var daysPerWeek = 7; 
var weeksPerYear = 52; 
var daysPerYear = 365; 
var secondsPerDay = secondsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay; 
document.write ('There are ' + secondsPerDay + ' seconds in a day!');
var yearsAlive = 20;
var secondsInLife = yearsAlive * secondsPerDay * daysPerYear;
document.write (' There have been ' + secondsInLife + ' seconds In the ' + yearsAlive + ' years that you have been alive!');