From 08a523f443a27bfa21cf4a4b1ce6153f0b787f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isaac Good Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 08:46:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [freelancer-rates] Tidy up instructions, syncing wording across cpp, elixir and x86-64-assembly --- exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md index d6b95b3ca..4f778f804 100644 --- a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The returned value should always be of type `double`, not rounded in any way. ## 3. Calculate the monthly rate, given an hourly rate and a discount Implement a `monthly_rate` function to calculate the discounted monthly rate. -It should have two parameters, an hourly rate and the discount in percent. +It takes two parameters, an hourly rate and the discount in percent. ```cpp monthly_rate(77, 10.5) From a87eabbb9a4f49248e7cbdccfce9d8d52960bcf3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isaac Good Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:59:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] `s/take parameters/take arguments/` --- exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md index 4f778f804..0950b94d6 100644 --- a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ The returned value should always be of type `double`, not rounded in any way. ## 3. Calculate the monthly rate, given an hourly rate and a discount Implement a `monthly_rate` function to calculate the discounted monthly rate. -It takes two parameters, an hourly rate and the discount in percent. +It takes two arguments, an hourly rate and the discount in percent. ```cpp monthly_rate(77, 10.5) From 2a8319aeae8aa943c87449a67df1610d22e332ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Isaac Good Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:01:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] `s/parameter/argument/` --- exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md index 0950b94d6..8fb85c910 100644 --- a/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md +++ b/exercises/concept/freelancer-rates/.docs/instructions.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Discounts are modeled as fractional numbers representing percentages, for exampl ## 1. Calculate the daily rate given an hourly rate -Implement a function called `daily_rate` to calculate the daily rate given an hourly rate as a parameter. +Implement a function called `daily_rate` to calculate the daily rate given an hourly rate as an argument. The contract defines that a day has 8 billable hours. ```cpp @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The returned daily rate should be of type `double`. ## 2. Calculate a discounted price Implement a function `apply_discount` to calculate the price after a discount. -It should accept two parameters: the original price and the discount rate in percent. +It should accept two arguments: the original price and the discount rate in percent. ```cpp apply_discount(150, 10)