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Chris Fulton
544 PointsWhere is my error? I can't figure out what I am doing wrong.
var wholesalePrice = 5.45; var retailPrice = 9.99; var quantity = 47; var salesTotal= retailPrice* 47; var profit = salesTotal-wholesalePrice * quanity;
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal= retailPrice* 47;
var profit = salesTotal-wholesalePrice * quanity;
<!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>
2 Answers
Darren Joy
19,573 PointsWhile
var quantity = 47; is good
var salesTotal = retailPrice * 47; is not
it's asking you to multiply retailPrice times quantity. While this is indeed retailPrice * 47, it's attempting to get you to multiply the two variables together to practice that idea of multiplying quantities but through variables..
so
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
is the correct line
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsThere is also a spelling error on the quantity variable in the last line. It says quanity instead of quantity.
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsI am guessing it should be salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity.
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 PointsMark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 PointsChris
Are you getting a math error? I am not sure what kind of error you are getting. I think the last line in your script.js file should be:
var profit = (salesTotal-wholesalePrice) * quantity;
I hope this is helpful.