Ideal Weight Program: Write a program to compute the ideal weight for both males

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Ideal Weight Program: Write a program to compute the ideal weight for both males and females. According to one study, the ideal weight for a female is 100 pounds plus 5 pounds for each inch in height over 5 feet. For example, the ideal weight for a female who is 5'3" would be 100 + 3*5 = 115 pounds. For a male the ideal weight is 106 pounds plus 6 pounds for each inch in height over 5 feet. For example, the ideal weight for a male who is 5'3" would be 106 + 3*6 = 124 pounds. Your program should ask the user to enter his/her height in feet and inches (both as integers—so a person 5'3" would enter the 5 and the 3). It should then compute and print both the ideal weight for a female and the ideal weight for a male. The general outline of your main function would be as follows: Declare your variables (think about what variables you need—you need to input two pieces of information (what?), then you need some variables for your calculations (see the following steps) Get the input (height in feet and inches) from the user Compute the total number of inches of height (convert feet and inches to total inches, note: 1 foot equal 12 inches and hence 5 feet equal 60 inches) Compute the ideal weight for a female and the ideal weight for a male ( please see the assignment for sample calculation ) Print the answers Plan your program, then type it in, compile and run it. Be sure it gives correct answers. When a user runs your program, he/she should see the following output .....

Program output:

Welcome to Ideal Weight Calculation Program

Please enter your height, feet followed by inches (eg; 5 3): 5 3

If you are a female, your ideal weight should be 115 pounds.

If you are a male, your ideal weight should be 124 pounds.

Explanation / Answer

Program in c++ is as follows:

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int feet, inches, maleweight, femaleweight;

cout << "Welcome to Ideal Weight Calculation Program"<<endl;;
cout << "Please enter your height, feet followed by inches"<<endl;
cin >> feet; cin >> inches;

int overFiveFt = (12*feet + inches) - 5*12;
maleweight = 106 + overFiveFt * 6;
femaleweight = 100 + overFiveFt * 5;

cout << "If you are female, your ideal weight should be " << femaleweight << " pounds." << endl;
cout << "If you are male, your ideal weight should be " << maleweight << " pounds." << endl;

return 0;
}

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