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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) Ruby Numbers Multiplication and Division

David Navarro
David Navarro
1,460 Points
Posted by David Navarro
David Navarro
1,460 Points

Set the variable product to be a multiple of the variables a and b. I don't get it: a = 6 b = 2

help

variable.rb 
a = 6
b = 2

1 Answer

Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points
Chase Marchione
Chase Marchione
155,055 Points

Hi there. The question is asking you to multiply a and b and store the value in a variable named product:

product = a * b

Hope this helps.

David Navarro
David Navarro
1,460 Points
David Navarro
David Navarro
1,460 Points

thanks, 1st day coding here so I hope I catch on.