Answer to Question #291017 in Algorithms for Kaur

Question

Design a program that will ask the user to enter the amount of a purchase. The program should then compute the federal and provincial sales tax. Assume the federal sales tax is 10 percent and the provincial sales tax is 5 percent. The program should display the amount of the purchase, the federal sales tax, the provincial 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).

Answer 1

Start
  Declare Real amount 
  Declare Real federalSalesTax
  Declare Real provincialSalesTax
  Declare Real totalSalesTax
  Declare Real totalSale
  Display "Enter the amount of a purchase: "
  Input amount
  Set federalSalesTax=0.1*amount 
  Set provincialSalesTax=0.05*amount 
  Set totalSalesTax=federalSalesTax+provincialSalesTax
  Set totalSale=amount+totalSalesTax 
  Display "The amount of the purchase: ",amount 
  Display "The federal sales tax: ",federalSalesTax
  Display "The provincial sales tax: ",provincialSalesTax
  Display "The total sales tax: ",totalSalesTax
  Display "The total of the sale: ",totalSale
Stop