Basic Python Function and Constant Help

Question

I'm not sure where to even start this assignment:

In shopping for a new house, you must consider several factors. In this problem the initial cost of the house, the estimated annual fuel costs, and the annual tax rate are available. Write a program that determines and displays the total cost of a house after a five-year period and execute the program for each of the following sets of data:

Initial House Cost  Annual Fuel Cost  Tax Rate
167,000             3,300             0.025
162,000             3,500             0.025
175,000             2,850             0.025

To calculate the house cost, add the initial cost to the fuel cost for five years, then add the taxes for five years. Taxes for one year are computed by multiplying the tax rate by the initial cost. Show testing for your program as discussed in lab and lecture.

Any help with writing the initial function and the constants would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Hi,

You should start by reading the basics at python.org.

Then you just do T=A+B*5+A*C*5 for each of your data sets.

Finally consult your lab and lecture notes to see how to show testing.

Answer 2

To calculate the house cost, add the initial cost

initial_cost

to the fuel cost for five years,

YEARS = 5
initial_cost + YEARS * annual_fuel_cost

then add the taxes for five years. Taxes for one year are computed by multiplying the tax rate by the initial cost.

initial_cost + YEARS * annual_fuel_cost + YEARS * initial_cost * tax_rate