I am trying to write a simple calculation program but the answer keeps coming back as 0

Question

I have spent a couple hours trying to figure out why this comes back as 0 If someone could help that would be great.

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Answer 1

That's because you calculate number_of_omelettes before getting the input variables for this calculation. Move that calculation to just before outputting it:

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number_of_omelettes = carton_size * number_cartons / eggs_per_omelette;
cout << "You can make " << number_of_omelettes << " omelettes with this amount of eggs.\n";

Also, beware that the division / operator precedes the multiplication * operator, which could result in zero due to integer division. To avoid this, force the multiplication to precede the division, using parentheses:

number_of_omelettes = (carton_size * number_cartons) / eggs_per_omelette;