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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers Doing Math

Create one last variable name profitPerUnit. In that variable store the amount of profit you made for each unit. JavaScr

What am I doing wrong. JavaScript challenge.

script.js
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = 9.99 * 47;
var profit = 469.53 - 256.15;
var profitPerUnit = 213.38 / 47;
var profitPerUnit = 4.54;
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>

3 Answers

Sean M
Sean M
7,344 Points

For future reference, the question was implying the use of variable names opposed to the use of numbers.

Here's what I used:

var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;

var profit = salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity;

var profitPerUnit = profit/quantity;

What the code challenge is trying to teach you is that you can o arithmetic by using variable names instead of numbers. so for the last challenge it should look like this:

var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;

and that is all you need to do.

Got it! Thank you so much Jacob!

Zoltán Holik
Zoltán Holik
3,401 Points
var wholesalePrice = 5.45;
var retailPrice = 9.99;
var quantity = 47;
var salesTotal = retailPrice * quantity;
var profit = salesTotal - wholesalePrice * quantity;
var profitPerUnit = profit / quantity;