Generate Random Whole Numbers within a Range - help

JavaScript
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I did not understand this at all

Your code so far

// Example
function ourRandomRange(ourMin, ourMax) {

  return Math.floor(Math.random() * (ourMax - ourMin + 1)) + ourMin;
}

ourRandomRange(1, 9);

// Only change code below this line.

function randomRange(myMin, myMax) {

  return (Math.floor(Math.random() * (myMax - myMin + 1) + myMin)); // Change this line

}

// Change these values to test your function
var myRandom = randomRange(5, 15);

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Link to the challenge:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/generate-random-whole-numbers-within-a-range

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Your code works so I guess you don’t understand how it works.

Math.random returns a floating point (decimal) number such that 0 <= num < 1. We want a number that has a range that is a difference of min and max. If min and max are 5 and 20, then we want a range of 15. But wait, we actually want 16, because there are 16 possible numbers between 5 and 20 if we include both 5 and 15 (hence the +1). So, we generate our number, multiply it by our range, then add our min (to boost it back up to start at 5) and floor it, round it down.

Here is a pen to show you what is happening. If you run it and open up the browser console (crtrl-shft-j) it will show you how many of each number it gets in the random trials. You can monkey with the numbers to see how it works.

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Thanks, that was well explained

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Thank you now I got it

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thanks this helped me a lot!!!