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SOLVED: Day 13: Need help solving an error

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After working through Paul's explanation of a protocol (and after creating a new struct that implements the protocol he created at the beginning of the video), my playground threw me an error that I'm not sure how to fix. When I called the commute method while using the Bicycle() struct as an arguement, I get an error that states "Cannot convert value of type 'Bicycle' to expected argument type 'Car'."

How do I fix this error?

protocol Vehicle {
    func estimateTime(for distance: Int) -> Int
    func travel(distance: Int)
}

struct Car: Vehicle {

    func estimateTime(for distance: Int) -> Int {
        distance / 50
    }

    func travel(distance: Int) {
        print("I'm driving \(distance)km.")
    }

    func openSunroof() {
        print("It's a nice day.")
    }
}

// Creating a new struct to reexamine how the protocol works
struct Bicycle: Vehicle {
    func estimateTime(for distance: Int) -> Int {
        distance / 10
    }

    func travel(distance: Int) {
        print("I'm cycling \(distance)km.")
    }
}

func commute(distance: Int, using vehicle: Car) {
    if vehicle.estimateTime(for: distance) > 100 {
        print("That's too slow! I'll try a different vehicle.")
    } else {
        vehicle.travel(distance: distance)
    }
}

let car = Car()
commute(distance: 100, using: car)
// Error gets thrown when I use 'bike' below
let bike = Bicycle()
commute(distance: 10, using: bike)

3      

Your function expects to receive a type 'Car' in the call, but you pass it a type 'Bicycle'.

func commute(distance: Int, using vehicle: Car) {

You need to have the function expect the more generic type 'Vehicle' in the call, instead.

func commute(distance: Int, using vehicle: Vehicle) {

Both types 'Car' and 'Bicycle' are defined as and conform to the protocol 'Vehicle'.

4      

This was perfectly explained. Thank you! I'll work on going back over my code and doing the rubber ducky method to see where my errors are coming from.

3      

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