Very very very basic java math problem

[babadoctor]

Why won't this line work? https://pastebin.com/Fj7kwsum

        System.out.println("Net pay "+ (wage*hours) (-tax));

I am very shaky as I learned this today and I have a test on it tomorrow ._.

 

Can anyone help me understand why this wont work, and what I would need to do to fix it?

[Mira Yurizaki]

You're missing an operator between (wage * hours) and (-tax). Most programming languages don't take a closing parenthesis followed by an opening parenthesis to imply a multiplication.

 

EDIT: What you probably wanted to do was (wages * hours) - tax

[babadoctor]

9 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

You're missing an operator between (wage * hours) and (-tax). Most programming languages don't take a closing parenthesis followed by an opening parenthesis to imply a multiplication.

 

EDIT: What you probably wanted to do was (wages * hours) - tax

I tried that, it throws me this error:

wait what the hell

I did this and it wont throw me any errors

        System.out.println("Net pay "+ ((wage * hours) - tax));
WHY DOES THIS WORK?!?! it has an extra bracket and is CLEARLY a syntax error!!! LOOK!!! UNCLOSED BRACKET-- oh

 

nevermind

[bcguru9384]

19 minutes ago, babadoctor said:

Why won't this line work? https://pastebin.com/Fj7kwsum

        System.out.println("Net pay "+ (wage*hours) (-tax));

I am very shaky as I learned this today and I have a test on it tomorrow ._.

 

Can anyone help me understand why this wont work, and what I would need to do to fix it?

 

((40(10)).7)=280

this assumes 40 hours at 10dollars with 30%tax rate

System.out.println((hours(wage))taxrate)=netpay