Programming Exercises
1. Personal Information
Write a program that displays the following information:
• Your telephone number
• Your college major
2. Sales Prediction
A company has determined that its annual profit is typically 23 percent of total sales. Write a program that asks the user to enter the projected amount of total sales, and then displays the profit that will be made from that amount.
Hint: use the value 0.23 to represent 23 percent.
3. Land Calculation
One acre of land is equivalent to 43,560 square feet. Write a program that asks the user to enter the total square feet in a tract of land and calculates the number of acres in the tract.
Hint: divide the amount entered by 43,560 to get the number of acres.
4. Total Purchase
A customer in a store is purchasing five items. Write a program that asks for the price of each item, and then displays the subtotal of the sale, the amount of sales rax, and the total. Assume the sales tax is 6 percent.
5. Distance Traveled
Assuming there are no accidents or delays, the distance that a car travels down the interstate can be calculated with the following formula:
Distance = Speed X Time
A car is traveling at 60 miles per hour. Write a program that displays the following:
• The distance the car will travel in 5 hours
• The distance the car will travel in 8 hours
• The distance the car will travel in 12 hours
6. Sales Tax
Write a program that will ask the user to enter the amount of a purchase. The program should then compute the state and county sales tax. Assume the state sales tax is 4 percent and the county sales tax is 2 percent. The program should display the amount of the purchase, the stare sales tax, the county sales tax, the total sales tax, and the total of the sale (which is the sum of the amount of purchase plus the total sales tax).
Hint: use the value 0.02 to represent 2 percent, and 0.04 to represent 4 percent.
7. Miles-per-Gallon
A car's miles-per-galion (iVlPG) can be calculated with the following formula:
MPG — Miles driven / Gallons of gas used Write a program thar asks the user for the number of miles driven and the gallons of gas used. It should calculate the car's miles-per-gallon and display the result.
Write a program that calculates the total amount of a meal purchased at a restaurant. The program should ask the user to enter the charge for the food, and then calculate the amount of a 15 percent tip and 7 percent sales tax. Display each of these amounts and the total.
9. Celsius to Fahrenheit Temperature Converter
Write a program that converts Celsius temperatures to Fahrenheit temperatures. The formula is as follows:
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