Business HW problem C++

[audiokarate]

Hey everyone. I have this homework problem for my IS class and I am having trouble finding the variables and the next step after that. Can someone please help me out? This is the problem.

Write a program to compute telephone bills for the local telephone company. Each customer has a base charge of $12.95 per month and gets charged extra for each local call and each long-distance call. The program should prompt the user for the number of local calls made during the month. The charge for each local call is $0.10. Use the += operator to add the cost of the local calls to the total bill. Then the program should prompt the user for the total charge for long-distance calls made during the month. Use the += operator to add the long-distance charges to the total bill. Finally, the program should calculate the tax on the total bill. The Tax rate is 8.72%. Use the *= operator to add the tax to the total bill by multiplying the total bill by 1.0872.

and there it is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Ganon11]

Which parts exactly are you having trouble with?

[audiokarate]

finding the variables..I already know the constants

[audiokarate]

This is what I have so far and I'm not sure if it's correct either.
[code=cpp]
#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

void main ()
{

Const double BASE_CHARGE_PER _MONTH = 12.95;
Const double RATE_LOCAL_CALL S = 0.10;
Const double TAX_RATE = 8.72;
[/code]
and thats it?

[Studlyami]

You will need one variable which will hold the total cost for the monthly bill.

You will need a variable for the user input. (i.e. 20 calls).
other than that you have the variables that you need.

[audiokarate]

Alright so this is what I have so far. Now all I have to do is to output a customer report for example:

Base charge: $12.95
Local call charge: (value will be based on user’s input)
Long distance charge: (value will be based on user’s input)
Total Bill: (value will be based on user’s input)

This has got to show at the bottom after the bill is calculated and I am having trouble with it. I just need to get pointed in the right direction. How do I find the local call charge and input it where the parenthesis are?


[code=cpp]
//Assignment_1.cp p
//ER
//Program Purpose: Create a program that will compute telephone
//bills for the local telephone company

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

const double LOCAL_RATE = 0.10; //RATE OF LOCAL CALLS
const double LONG_D_RATE = 0.15; //RATE OF LONG D CALLS
const double TAX_RATE = 8.72; //FIXED TAX RATE

double base = 12.95; //Base charger per month
double local_calls = 0;
double long_distance = 0;
double total = 0;

cout << setprecision(2)
<< setiosflags(ios ::fixed)
<< setiosflags(ios ::showpoint);


cout << "***Bayside Telephone Company*** "<< endl << endl;
cout << endl;

cout << "Enter number of local calls made during the month : ";
cin >> local_calls;
cout << endl;
cout << "Enter number of long distance calls made during the month : ";
cin >> long_distance;
cout << endl;


base += local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;
base += long_distance * LONG_D_RATE;
base *= 1.0872;

cout << "The total bill for this month is : $" << base;
cout << endl;

return 0;[/code]

[ifitzgerald]

Alright so this is what I have so far. Now all I have to do is to output a customer report for example:

Base charge: $12.95
Local call charge: (value will be based on user’s input)
Long distance charge: (value will be based on user’s input)
Total Bill: (value will be based on user’s input)

This has got to show at the bottom after the bill is calculated and I am having trouble with it. I just need to get pointed in the right direction. How do I find the local call charge and input it where the parenthesis are?



//Assignment_1.cp p
//ER
//Program Purpose: Create a program that will compute telephone
//bills for the local telephone company

#include <iostream>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;

int main()
{

const double LOCAL_RATE = 0.10; //RATE OF LOCAL CALLS
const double LONG_D_RATE = 0.15; //RATE OF LONG D CALLS
const double TAX_RATE = 8.72; //FIXED TAX RATE

double base = 12.95; //Base charger per month
double local_calls = 0;
double long_distance = 0;
double total = 0;

cout << setprecision(2)
<< setiosflags(ios ::fixed)
<< setiosflags(ios ::showpoint);


cout << "***Bayside Telephone Company*** "<< endl << endl;
cout << endl;

cout << "Enter number of local calls made during the month : ";
cin >> local_calls;
cout << endl;
cout << "Enter number of long distance calls made during the month : ";
cin >> long_distance;
cout << endl;


base += local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;
base += long_distance * LONG_D_RATE;
base *= 1.0872;

cout << "The total bill for this month is : $" << base;
cout << endl;

return 0;

You're already calculating that value here:
[code=c]base += local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;[/code]
Either recalculate the value in-line with a cout like this:
[code=c]cout<< "Total Charges for Local calls: " << local_calls * LOCAL_RATE << endl;[/code]
or store the result of the first calculation in a variable, e.g.
[code=c]
double localCharges = local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;
base += localCharges;
.
.
.
cout << "Total Charges for Local Calls: " << localCharges << endl;
[/code]

Hope this helps,
Ian

[audiokarate]

You're already calculating that value here:
[code=c]base += local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;[/code]
Either recalculate the value in-line with a cout like this:
[code=c]cout<< "Total Charges for Local calls: " << local_calls * LOCAL_RATE << endl;[/code]
or store the result of the first calculation in a variable, e.g.
[code=c]
double localCharges = local_calls * LOCAL_RATE;
base += localCharges;
.
.
.
cout << "Total Charges for Local Calls: " << localCharges << endl;
[/code]

Hope this helps,
Ian

yah man..thanks helped out alot.