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The university reassessed its needs for the design and determined it will no longer require all students to take five classes. Update the program to reflect the following changes: Prompt the student for the number of courses being taken. Use a while loop to prompt the user for the price of each book based on the number of classes being taken. After the price of each book has been entered, prompt the user for shipping options: delivery or pick-up. Use an if statement to add the charges to the total price if the shipping charges are greater than 0. Display the total cost. Create a 1-page memo using the memo template containing pseudocode based on the revised program needs. Add this to the revised program pseudocode from the Week One Individual Assignment, Problem Solving with Algorithms. Append a flowchart based on the algorithm for the revised program needs. Add this to the revised program flowchart from the Week One Individual Assignment, Problem Solving with Algorithms.

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Revised Program for Computing Book and Shipping Costs

Introduction

The purpose of this program is to calculate the total cost for students purchasing textbooks based on the number of courses they are enrolled in, the individual prices of the books, and their preferred shipping method. As part of the university's reassessed needs, the program has been modified to accommodate varying course loads instead of a fixed five-course requirement. This ensures flexibility and accuracy in billing based on actual student needs.

Pseudocode

DECLARE numberOfCourses AS INTEGER


DECLARE courseCounter AS INTEGER


DECLARE coursePrice AS DECIMAL


DECLARE totalPrice AS DECIMAL


DECLARE shippingOption AS STRING


DECLARE shippingCharge AS DECIMAL


SET totalPrice TO 0.0


PROMPT "Enter the number of courses you're taking:"


READ numberOfCourses


SET courseCounter TO 1


WHILE courseCounter 

PROMPT "Enter the price of the textbook for course " + courseCounter + ":"


READ coursePrice


ADD coursePrice TO totalPrice


INCREMENT courseCounter BY 1


END WHILE


PROMPT "Enter shipping option (delivery or pick-up):"


READ shippingOption


IF shippingOption EQUALS "delivery" THEN


PROMPT "Enter delivery charges:"


READ shippingCharge


IF shippingCharge > 0 THEN


ADD shippingCharge TO totalPrice


END IF


ELSE IF shippingOption EQUALS "pick-up" THEN


SET shippingCharge TO 0


END IF


DISPLAY "The total cost is: $" + totalPrice

Flowchart Description

The flowchart for this algorithm begins with initializing total cost variables. It prompts the student for the number of courses and then enters a loop that repeats based on this number, asking for the textbook price each time. After accumulating the total textbook costs, it prompts for the shipping method. If delivery is selected, it asks for the delivery charge and adds it to the total if applicable. If pick-up is selected, no additional charges are added. The process concludes with displaying the total cost.

Conclusion

The revised program reflects the updated university policy of variable course enrollment. By incorporating user prompts for the number of courses, textbook prices, and shipping options, the program offers a flexible and accurate costing tool. The pseudocode provides a clear logical structure for implementation, and the flowchart visually represents the program's process flow, facilitating easier understanding and development.

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