Thread: basic java problem concerning order of operations

Hello Everyone,

I am new to Java programming and I am having a small problem with a java program concerning order of operations. The problem is as follow

Write a code that declares variables for s0 with a value of 12.0, v0 with a value of 3.5, a with a value of 9.8, and t with a value of 10, for the for this equation.

s=so + vo t + 1/2 at^2

and then write the code to compute s on the basis of these values. At the end of your code, print the value of your variable s to the console.

So Here is my code so far. the problem I seem to be having is at the end of the problem where I have to multiply a and t and then square it.

Also print statement does not seem to work either. Any advice on how to fix this I would appreciate it.

 
//declare variables
double so;
double vo;
double a;
double t;
double s;
 
//compute*s
so = 12.0;
vo = 3.5;
a = 9.8;
t = 10;
s=(so) +(vot) +.05 a*t*t;
//print results
System.out.println("s");

Can you edit your post to use the highlight tags and to post your code as an MCVE?

Can you post an MCVE instead of an incomplete snippet? What is the value of vot? What is this line supposed to do, not that it is not valid syntax:

s=(so) +(vot) +.05 a*t*t;

I could not find the ability of using highlight tags.

Here is how to wrap your code with code tags:
[code=java]
YOUR CODE GOES HERE
[/code]
to get highlighting and preserve formatting.

It would help if you would copy the full text of the error messages you get from the java compiler and paste them here.