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.
Of course, I can help you with that!
To design a program that asks the user for the number of miles driven and the gallons of gas used, and then calculates and displays the car's miles-per-gallon (MPG), you can follow these steps:
1. Start the program by displaying a prompt or message asking the user to enter the number of miles driven.
2. Read the value entered by the user for the number of miles driven and store it in a variable, let's say `milesDriven`.
3. Display another prompt or message asking the user to enter the number of gallons of gas used.
4. Read the value entered by the user for the number of gallons of gas used and store it in a variable, let's say `gallonsUsed`.
5. Calculate the car's miles-per-gallon (MPG) by dividing the `milesDriven` by `gallonsUsed` and store the result in a variable, let's say `mpg`.
- You can use the formula `mpg = milesDriven / gallonsUsed`.
6. Display the calculated `mpg` value on the screen.
Here is an example pseudocode representation of the program:
```
Display "Enter the number of miles driven:"
Read milesDriven
Display "Enter the gallons of gas used:"
Read gallonsUsed
Set mpg = milesDriven / gallonsUsed
Display "The car's miles-per-gallon is: " + mpg
```
Remember, pseudocode is not an actual programming language but rather a way to represent program logic in human-readable form. You can later translate this pseudocode into a programming language like Python, Java, or C++.
I hope this helps you solve your homework question! Let me know if you need any further assistance.