I need to create a program that calculates change after a purchase. This will be

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I need to create a program that calculates change after a purchase. This will be a sequential algorithm, which is one of the simplest programming patterns. Your solution requires no branching or looping. Simply write a series of statements that will execute in order.

The program should ask for a purchase price and the amount of cash tendered. It should then determine how many of the following denomininations should be returned:

penny -$0.01

nickel - $0.05

dime - $0.10

quarter - $0.25

dollar $1.00

five -$5.00

ten - $10.00

twenty - $20.00

Here is some of the python I have written:

import math

price = float(input("Enter price of item: ")) #taking in price of item

cash = float(input("Enter cash tendered: ")) #taking in cash from user

change = cash - price # calculate change

change = int(change * 100) # multiply range by 100 to get an integer

print("{0:.2f}".format(price))
print("{0:.2f}".format(cash))
print("{0:.2f}".format(change))

quarters = 0 # defining variables for change
dimes = 0
nickels = 0
pennies = 0
dollars = int(change/100) #calculate dollars
fives = int(change/20)
tens = int(change/10)
twenties = int(change/5)
cents = change - (dollars*100)

pennies = cents
cents = cents - (nickels * 5)
nickels = math.trunc(nickels * 5)
dimes = math.trunc(cents/10)
cents = cents - (dimes * 10)
quarters = math.trunc(cents/25)
cents = cents - (quarters * 25)

print("Dollars : " + str(dollars)) #output change
print("Quarters : " + str(quarters))
print("Dimes : " + str(dimes))
print("Nickels : " + str(nickels))
print("Pennies : " + str(pennies))

Explanation / Answer

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import math

price = float(input("Enter price of item: ")) #taking in price of item

cash = float(input("Enter cash tendered: ")) #taking in cash from user

change = cash - price # calculate change

#change = int(change * 100) # multiply range by 100 to get an integer

print("{0:.2f}".format(price))
print("{0:.2f}".format(cash))
print("{0:.2f}".format(change))

twenties = int(change / 20)
change = change - 20 * twenties

tens = int(change / 10)
change = change - 10 * tens

fives = int(change / 5)
change = change - 5 * fives

dollars = int(change)
change = change - dollars

change = change * 100 #now only cents are left ..mulitply so that conversion is easy
quarters = int(change/25)
change = change - 25 * quarters

dimes = int(change/10)
change = change - 10 * dimes

nickels = int(change/5)
change = change - 5 * nickels

pennies = int(change)

#output change
print("Twenties: " + str(twenties))
print("Tens: " + str(tens))
print("Fives: " + str(fives))
print("Dollars : " + str(dollars))
print("Quarters : " + str(quarters))
print("Dimes : " + str(dimes))
print("Nickels : " + str(nickels))
print("Pennies : " + str(pennies))

output
=====
2.03
100.00
97.97
Twenties: 4
Tens: 1
Fives: 1
Dollars : 2
Quarters : 3
Dimes : 2
Nickels : 0
Pennies : 1

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