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Answers to Questions from TT1.

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1. Desk Check Task: Calculate Bill Total


Required Variables:
Real (floating point):
appetizer_price, main_price, dessert_price
total_price

Pseudocode:
Read the value of appetizer_price
Read the value of main_price
Read the value of dessert_price
total_price = appetizer_price + main_price + dessert_price
Print ‘$’ then the value of total_price to the terminal showing two
decimal places.

Test Data:
First data set Second data set
appetizer_pric 10.30 12.40
e
main_price 34.00 41.00
dessert_price 8.50 9.80

Expected Result:

First data set Second data set


Output: $52.80 $63.20
Desk check - fill this in by hand-tracing/hand-executing the pseudocode
provided with the test data above:

Statement appetize main dessert total output


r _price _price _pric 2.
_price e
C
First Read the value of
Pass appetizer_price
Read the value of
main_price
Read the value of
dessert_price
Calculate the total_price
Convert to dollars
Output the total_price
Secon Read the value of
d Pass appetizer_price
Read the value of
main_price
Read the value of
dessert_price
Calculate the total_price
Convert to dollars
Output the total_price
omplete Program Calculate Bill Total

Now check the actual code produces the output you expected

Do this by completing the missing code in bill_total.rb in Task 1.3 then running the
program.

3. Short Answer Questions:

Focus in the following on using the correct computing terminology.

Here are some terms that may help you: Assignment, evaluate, increment,
1. Using a few sentences explain why it may be important to execute statements in
the correct sequence. (eg: what might happen if the last statement in Program 2
was executed earlier)

2: The code main_price = 10 is an example of which kind of programming


statement?

This is an ???? statement.

3: What actions does the computer perform when it executes a = a + b?

The computer first ????


Then it ????

4: How would the value of variable i change in the statement i = i + 1?

The value of i will be ???

5: What sort of types will Ruby use to store the following variables (given the
associated variable values)?

Data Type

A person's name e.g: “Fred Smith”

Number of students in a class e.g: 23

Average age of a group of people e.g: 23.5

A temperature in Celsius e.g: 45.7

True or false e.g: 1 == 2

Note: possible types include: Integer, String, Float, Boolean


6: Variables have a scope – what are two different scopes variables can have in
Ruby?

See the lesson materials for help with Question 6. You could also see:
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ruby/ruby_variables.htm

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