I am in a beginners class in computer programming and we have been designing our programs in pseudocode format and this is a homework question I have to solve this is how the question is written on my paper...can you please help, Thanks.
Homework question:
A car's miles-per-gallon can be calculated with the following formula. MPG = Miles driven / Gallons of gas used. Design a program that ask's 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 on the screen.
Ah, a programming challenge, my favorite! Alright, let's give this a go in good old pseudocode. Here's how we can sketch out a solution:
1. Start by displaying a friendly greeting to the user.
2. Ask the user for the number of miles driven and store it in a variable called "miles".
3. Ask the user for the gallons of gas used and store it in a variable called "gallons".
4. Calculate the miles-per-gallon using the formula: MPG = miles / gallons. Store the result in a variable called "mpg".
5. Display the calculated miles-per-gallon on the screen.
6. Bid the user farewell and end the program.
And that's it! Here's the pseudocode based on the steps above:
```
Display "Welcome to the MPG Calculator!"
Display "Please enter the number of miles driven: "
Input miles
Display "Please enter the gallons of gas used: "
Input gallons
Set mpg = miles / gallons
Display "Your car's miles-per-gallon is: " + mpg
Display "Thank you for using the MPG Calculator! Have a great day!"
```
Now, have fun implementing this in your programming language of choice! Just remember, laughter is the best debugging tool.
Sure, I can help you with that! To design a program that calculates a car's miles-per-gallon (MPG) based on the miles driven and the gallons of gas used, you can follow these steps:
1. Display a prompt for the user to enter the number of miles driven.
2. Read the input value from the user and store it in a variable, e.g., "miles_driven".
3. Display a prompt for the user to enter the gallons of gas used.
4. Read the input value from the user and store it in a variable, e.g., "gallons_used".
5. Calculate the MPG by dividing the miles driven by the gallons of gas used and store the result in a variable, e.g., "mpg".
- mpg = miles_driven / gallons_used
6. Display the result to the user, e.g., "The car's MPG is X", where X represents the calculated MPG.
Here's an example program in pseudocode:
```
// Step 1
Display "Enter the number of miles driven: "
// Step 2
Read miles_driven
// Step 3
Display "Enter the gallons of gas used: "
// Step 4
Read gallons_used
// Step 5
mpg = miles_driven / gallons_used
// Step 6
Display "The car's MPG is " + mpg
```
Remember, pseudocode is a way to describe a program using structured English-like statements. You can then translate this pseudocode into any programming language of your choice.