[Tutor] basic question

[Dave Angel]

On 04/05/2013 08:05 AM, Najam Us Saqib wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My name is Najam, I am very new to Python Programming.

Welcome.

>  Would you please help me with the following question?
>
> The question/problem is,
>
> Write a Car salesman program where the user enters the base price of a car. The program should add a bunch of extra fees such as tax, license, dealer prep, and destination charge.Make tax and license a percent of the base price. The other fees should be set values. Display the actual price of the car once all the extras are applied.
>

Is this exactly the way the assignment reads, or did you paraphrase it?

> I am not sure whether I have entered the right code for "Make tax and license a percent of the base price." or not.
>
> My program is;
>
> price = float(raw_input("Enter the base price of the car $ "))
>
> tax = float(raw_input("Enter the tax $ "))
> licence = float(raw_input("Enter the licence fees $ "))
> dealer_prep = float(raw_input("Enter the dealer prep fees $ "))
> des_charge = float(raw_input("Enter the destination charge $ "))
>
> percent = (tax * 0.01 + licence * 0.01) / price                                   # ?????
>
> print "\nA percent of the base price is: $ " , percent
>
> total = price + tax + licence + dealer_prep + des_charge
>
> print "\nThe actual price of the car is: $ " , total
>
> raw_input("\nPress Enter key to Exit, thank you.")
>
>

The way I expect the assignment was intended is that the user should 
enter (with raw_input) the tax and license as percentages, and you 
convert them to dollars, rather than the other way around.


-- 
DaveA