Update to mandatory-implement\1-bmi.js to change height^2 which is not an exponent in JS to heightxheight

DamianDL · DamianDL · commit 863b7a83390a · 2026-03-03T11:55:41.000Z
diff --git a/Sprint-2/3-mandatory-implement/1-bmi.js b/Sprint-2/3-mandatory-implement/1-bmi.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 function calculateBMI(weight, height) {
     // return the BMI of someone based off their weight and height
-    const bmi = weight / (height ^2);
+    const bmi = weight / (height * height);
     return Math.round(bmi * 10) / 10;       
 }
 console.log(calculateBMI(70, 1.73)); // should return 23.4

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@`
`16`	`16`
`17`	`17`	`function calculateBMI(weight, height) {`
`18`	`18`	`// return the BMI of someone based off their weight and height`
`19`		`- const bmi = weight / (height ^2);`
	`19`	`+ const bmi = weight / (height * height);`
`20`	`20`	`return Math.round(bmi * 10) / 10;`
`21`	`21`	`}`
`22`	`22`	`console.log(calculateBMI(70, 1.73)); // should return 23.4`