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Calculating total winnings in R | Calculation using vector | Question 2

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Now you understand how R does arithmetic with vectors, it is time to get those Ferraris in your garage! First, you need to understand what the overall profit or loss per day of the week was. The total daily profit is the sum of the profit/loss you realized on poker per day, and the profit/loss you realized on roulette per day.

In R, this is just the sum of roulette_vector and poker_vector.

Instruction

Assign to the variable total_daily how much you won or lost on each day in total (poker and roulette combined).

Program Code

# Poker and roulette winnings from Monday to Friday:
poker_vector <- c(140, -50, 20, -120, 240)
roulette_vector <- c(-24, -50, 100, -350, 10)
days_vector <- c("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday")
names(poker_vector) <- days_vector
names(roulette_vector) <- days_vector

# Assign to total_daily how much you won/lost on each day
total_daily <-  poker_vector + roulette_vector

# See Result
total_daily

Output

> # Poker and roulette winnings from Monday to Friday:
> poker_vector <- c(140, -50, 20, -120, 240)
> roulette_vector <- c(-24, -50, 100, -350, 10)
> days_vector <- c("Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday")
> names(poker_vector) <- days_vector
> names(roulette_vector) <- days_vector
> 
> # Assign to total_daily how much you won/lost on each day
> total_daily <-  poker_vector + roulette_vector
> 
> # See Result
> total_daily
   Monday   Tuesday Wednesday  Thursday    Friday 
      116      -100       120      -470       250

Explanation

Calculation using vector

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