On 12/12/15 07:03, Jim Gallaher wrote:
> For example, if I put in a value of 1, it will output 752.12 as the sub
> total and 753.12 as the grand total. It's off by 1 on sub total and 2 on
> grand total.
Are you sure? Lets check the values...
> basePrice = int(input("Please enter in the price of the car: "))
=> 1
> tax = basePrice * .07
=> 0.07
> license = basePrice * .05
=> 0.05
> dealerPrep = basePrice + 500
=> 501
> destinationCharge = basePrice + 250
=> 251
> # Add the total misc charges together
> subTotal = float(tax + license + dealerPrep + destinationCharge)
=> 0.07 + 0.05 + 501 + 251 => 752.12
> # Add all the misic charges and include the base price
> grandTotal = float(subTotal + basePrice)
=> 752.12 + 1 => 753.12
Looks like Python got it right to me?
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